Cinnamon Apple Dumplings

By marmar

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 medium tart apples (such as granny smith), peeled, cored

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 2 quart shallow baking dish. Combine 1 cup sugar, water and butter in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil 1 minute. Remove syrup from heat; set aside. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; mix well. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender wuntil coarse crumbs form. Add milk; stir until a soft dough forms.

Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to a 16" square. Cut dough into 4 squares. Place one apple in center of each dough square. Sprinkle apples with sugar-cinnamon mixture. Moisten edges of squares. Bring corners of dough squares up to tops of apples; press edges to seal. Place in prepared dish.

Pour reserved syrup over dumplings. Bake, basting with syrup once, until apples are tender when pierced with tip of a knife, 35 - 40 minutes. Serve warm with syrup.