Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
Pastry:
2 cups flour
½ teaspoons salt
⅔ cup shortening (Crisco)
6-8 Tablespoons water
Syrup:
1 ½ cups water
¾ cups sugar
2 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Filling:
4 medium apples
sugar
cinnamon
butter
Instructions
Pastry:
Sift together flour and salt; using a pastry cutter, thoroughly cut in shortening. Add water, a Tablespoon at a time, until all of the four mixtures can be formed into a ball of dough. Roll out on flour-dusted board, or waxed paper, as for pie crust. Cut into 4 large squares.
Syrup:
In a saucepan, mix all ingredients together. Bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes.
To Assemble:
Pare and core apples. These may be left whole or they may be quartered. Place 1 apple on each pastry square. Top each apple with 1 Tablespoon sugar, a dash of cinnamon and 1 Tablespoon butter. Fold the pastry over the apple and seal. Place dumplings in a shallow glass baking dish. Pour syrup over the dumplings, place in preheated 425-degree oven and bake 30 minutes, or until browned. Serve warm or chilled with heavy cream, sweetened whipped cream, or apple cinnamon ice cream from Theo & Rose in Covington!