The Appliest Apple Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups apple juice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup milk
• 6 apples, peeled and cored
• cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg and butter

Recipe

• 1 for syrup: combine all ingredients and heat to boiling. set aside.
• 2 for dumplings: in a large bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 3 cut in the shortening then stir in the milk to make a soft dough.
• 4 divide dough into six pieces.
• 5 roll each piece into a 1/8 inch thick square.
• 6 set apple in center of square.
• 7 sprinkle apple with some cinnamon, sugar and nutmeg.
• 8 place a small pat of butter atop apple.
• 9 moisten edges of pastry square and fold up over the apple sealing at the top.
• 10 repeat with remaining 5 apples.
• 11 set prepared dumplings in a baking pan and pour syrup over dumplings.
• 12 bake in preheated 375 f oven for 35 minutes.