Recipe#3407

Title: Apple 01

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2 cups sugar
 2 cups water
 1/4 teas cinnamon
 1/4 teas nutmeg 
 1/4 cup butter 
 6 apples
 2 cups flour
 1 teas salt
 2 teas baking powder
 3/4 cup shortening
 3/4 cup milk
 Combine sugar, water, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium saucepan.
 Heat over medium heat until mixture becomes syrup, add butter.
 Pare and core apples, cut into fourths.
 Sift flour, salt, baking powder into bowl.  Cut in shortening with
 a pastry knife (or a regular table knife) until mixture becomes
 crumbly.  Add milk all at once and stir just until moistened.
 Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness.  Cut dough into 6 - 5 inch
 squares.  Arrange 4 pieces of apple on each square and sprinkle
 with additional sugar, cinnamon. Fold corners to center of each
 square and pinch edges together to seal dumplings (make sure they
 are sealed tightly and no apple is sticking out!).  Place dumplings
 in buttered baking dish.  Pour syrup over dumplings.  Baste dumplings
 with the syrup once or twice while baking.
 Bake at 375F for 35 minutes.