Baked Apple Dumplings

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons shortening
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 1/3 cup milk
• 6 -8 apples, pared and cored
• sugar
• cinnamon
• butter
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
• 2 add shortening and mix lightly with a fork.
• 3 combine beaten egg yolk and milk.
• 4 add to flour mixture.
• 5 place dough on a floured board and roll out to about 1/4 inch thick.
• 6 cut into 6 inch squares.
• 7 place an apple in the center of each square.
• 8 fill center of apple with sugar, sprinkle with cinnamon and add a small piece of butter pinch edges of dough together on top.
• 9 place in a well greased pan.
• 10 sprinkle with lemon juice.
• 11 bake in a preheated 450 oven for ten minutes.
• 12 combine the last five ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil; cook for five minutes when dumplings have baked for ten minutes, pour syrup over them and reduce heat to 350 bake 25 more minutes, basting occasionally with syrup.
• 13 serve with ice cream, whipped cream, or cream if desired.