Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings

Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings

This recipe was shared by a mennonite friend who sends a quarterly newsletter.  Rachael includes a couple of recipes and this was one of her selections.

Ingredients:

6 med. sized baking apples

2 cups flour 

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup shortening

1/2 cup milk

Sauce:

2 cups brown sugar

2 cups water

1/4 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg, optional

Directions:

Pare and core apples, leave whole.

To make pastry sift flour, baking powder and salt together.  Cutie shortening until particles are about the size of small peas.  Sprinkle milk over mixture and press together lightly, working dough enough only to hold together.

Roll dough as for pastry and cut into 6 squares and place an apple in each.

Fill cavity in apple with cinnamon and sugar mixture.

Pat dough around apple to cover it completely.  Fasten edges securely on top of apple.

Place dumplings 1 inch apart in a greased baking dish.  Pour over them the sauce made as follows,

Sauce:

Combine brown sugar, water, and spices.  Cook for 5 minutes, remove from heat and add butter.

Bake at 375F. for 35 TO 40 minutes.  Baste occasionally during baking.  Serve hot with rich milk or cream.  

Recipe of Rachael Burkholder.