For baked dumplings make a light p)uff paste, enclose the apples
in it, making as many as desired, pinch the edges so closely that no
seam can be seen, and bake 20 minutes in a good oven. Eat with a
rich pudding sauce, or with maple syrup.
For boiled dumplings choj) ^ 1^- ^^ef suet very finely, add ^ lb.
flour, a little salt and baking powder✪ Apple Dumplings, and mix with water enough to
give it consistency; roll out twice on the pastry board, enclose the
apples as for baked dumplings, put them in boiling water, and boil
fast 1 hour. Drain, and serve with sweet sauce.
OHEKRY DUMPLINGS.
^ cup sugar. 1 cup prepared flour, or use flour
2 cups stoned cherries. and baking powder same as for
2 heaping tablespoons lard. biscuits.
2 cups sweet milk. A little salt.
After rubbing the lard into the salted flour, add the milk, then
roll out ^ inch thick. Cut into squares, and into the middle of each
one put 2 spoonfuls of the stoned cherries. Add sugar, and then
bring the edges together and pinch closely. Bake until done on a
floured baking=pan, with the joined edges at the bottom. Eat while
hot.
HUCKLEBERRY DUMPLINGS.— Use 1 tablespoon lard, 4 cups
flour, 1 cup milk, 8 teaspoons baking powder✪ Huckleberry Dumplings. Sift the baking pow-
der into the flour, work in the lard, and add the milk; when rolled
out, cut rather larger than biscuit; after putting in the berries close
the edges tightly, and boil (or steam) 20 minutes.
JAM DUMPLINGS — Roll out a puff paste, and spread jam
(raspberry or any other)✪ Jam Dumplings on it; make into dumplings -and boil till
done — about 1 hour usually. Serve with a sauce made of | butter to
I sugar, beaten to a cream.
STEAMED DUMPLINGS— Pare and quarter nice tart apples,
place them in a deep dish, adding a little water; make a crust as you
would for tea biscuit, with sour cream, or rich buttermilk, if you
have it; if not, use a good baking-powder recipe✪ Steamed Dumplings; roll out about 1
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inch thick, place it over the apples, and steam ^ hour. Serve with a
sauce made of ^ butter to | sugar, beaten to a cream.
Fruit Dumplings of any kind can be made in this way, using any
kind of fruit, either fresh or canned instead of the apples.
PANDOWDY — Pare, core, and slice thin, sour, juicy apples;
butter a deep dish and put in a layer of apples, sweeten with
brown sugar and flavor with lemon peel; strew over it a layer of
bread crumbs, and bits of butter; repeat alternately till the dish is
full, finishing with a layer of bread crumbs. Bake till the apples are
soft. A little cider improves it. To be eaten with sweetened cream✪ Pandowdy.
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For baked dumplings make a light p)uff paste, enclose the apples
in it, making as many as desired, pinch the edges so closely that no
seam can be seen, and bake 20 minutes in a good oven. Eat with a
rich pudding sauce, or with maple syrup.
For boiled dumplings choj) ^ 1^- ^^ef suet very finely, add ^ lb.
flour, a little salt and baking powder, and mix with water enough to
give it consistency; roll out twice on the pastry board, enclose the
apples as for baked dumplings, put them in boiling water, and boil
fast 1 hour. Drain, and serve with sweet sauce.
OHEKRY DUMPLINGS.
^ cup sugar. 1 cup prepared flour, or use flour
2 cups stoned cherries. and baking powder same as for
2 heaping tablespoons lard. biscuits.
2 cups sweet milk. A little salt.
After rubbing the lard into the salted flour, add the milk, then
roll out ^ inch thick. Cut into squares, and into the middle of each
one put 2 spoonfuls of the stoned cherries. Add sugar, and then
bring the edges together and pinch closely. Bake until done on a
floured baking=pan, with the joined edges at the bottom. Eat while
hot.
HUCKLEBERRY DUMPLINGS.— Use 1 tablespoon lard, 4 cups
flour, 1 cup milk, 8 teaspoons baking powder. Sift the baking pow-
der into the flour, work in the lard, and add the milk; when rolled
out, cut rather larger than biscuit; after putting in the berries close
the edges tightly, and boil (or steam) 20 minutes.
JAM DUMPLINGS — Roll out a puff paste, and spread jam
(raspberry or any other) on it; make into dumplings -and boil till
done — about 1 hour usually. Serve with a sauce made of | butter to
I sugar, beaten to a cream.
STEAMED DUMPLINGS— Pare and quarter nice tart apples,
place them in a deep dish, adding a little water; make a crust as you
would for tea biscuit, with sour cream, or rich buttermilk, if you
have it; if not, use a good baking-powder recipe; roll out about 1
DUMPLINGS 337
inch thick, place it over the apples, and steam ^ hour. Serve with a
sauce made of ^ butter to | sugar, beaten to a cream.
Fruit Dumplings of any kind can be made in this way, using any
kind of fruit, either fresh or canned instead of the apples.
PANDOWDY — Pare, core, and slice thin, sour, juicy apples;
butter a deep dish and put in a layer of apples, sweeten with
brown sugar and flavor with lemon peel; strew over it a layer of
bread crumbs, and bits of butter; repeat alternately till the dish is
full, finishing with a layer of bread crumbs. Bake till the apples are
soft. A little cider improves it. To be eaten with sweetened cream.
DOUGHNUTS AND FRITTERS.