Apple Dumplings

By Reboxa

Ingredients

• Syrup:
• 2 to 2 1/2 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 to 6 Granny Smith or other cooking apples, cored, peeled, and sliced
• sugar, approximately 1/2 cup, for sprinkling apples
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• butter, cut in small pieces
• .
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 cups hot water

Details

Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually add milk, stirring to make a soft dough. Roll dough into a 1/8" thick rectangle on a lightly floured surface; cut into 5-inch squares.
Place 3 or 4 pieces of apple on each square. Sprinkle each with 2 teaspoons sugar and a sprinkling cinnamon and nutmeg to taste; dot with butter. Moisten edges of each dumpling with water; bring corners to center, pinching edges to seal. Place dumplings 1 inch apart in a lightly greased shallow baking dish. Combine 2 cups sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 cups hot water and 1/4 cup butter or margarine; stir to dissolve sugar. Pour syrup over dumplings. Bake at 375° for 35 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve hot with cream or ice cream.
Makes about 1 dozen apple dumplings.