Recipe#10454

Title: Apple 05

From: "Beth Gould" jcgould@netdirect.net 
 Subject: Apple Dumplings 
 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:06:36 -0500 
 Message-ID: eV#p1rt0#GA.216@cpmsnbbsa03 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 

2 cups sugar
 2 cups water
 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
 1/4 cup butter
 6 apples
 2 cups flour
 1 tsp salt
 2 tsp baking powder
 3/4 cup shortening
 1/2 cup milk
 Make syrup of sugar, water and cinnamon.  Add butter.  Heat until
 syrup is no longer "grainy".  Pare and core apples, then slice.
 Sift flour, salt and baking powder then cut in shortening.  Add
 milk all at once; stir until moistened.  Roll 1/4 inch thick.  Cut
 into 5 inch squares.  Sprinkle squares with cinnamon/sugar and dot
 with butter.  Place apple slices on square and pinch edges together.
 Put in greased dish and pour the syrup over.  Bake at 375 degrees
 for 35 mins.