Recipe#3411

Title: Apple 04

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6 pared, cored, tart apples
 1 cup sugar
 2 cups water
 3 tablespoons butter
 1-3/4 teaspoons cinnamon
 1/2 cup sugar
 1 tablespoon butter
 heavy cream
  
 Roll out pastry to 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut
 pastry into 6 square sections. Place an apple in center of each
 section. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Fill apple cavities
 with cinnamon mixture. Dot with 1 tablespoon (total) butter. Fold
 pastry over each apple. Place in a baking dish. In a pot combine
 1 cup sugar, water, and 3 tablespoons butter. Boil for 3 minutes.
 Pour hot syrup around dumplings. Bake at 425: for 40 to 45 minutes
 until browned. Serve with cream. Yields 6 dumplings. Very sweet.
 Pastry
 2 cups flour
 2/3 cup shortening
 1 teaspoon salt
 7 tablespoons water.
 Cut shortening into flour and salt.  Add water.  Mix until dough
 just begins to cling together.