Apple Dumplings

Ingredients

• 6 small apples
• 2 c flour
• 4 t baking powder
• ^ t salt
• i T shortening
• ^ c milk or water
• i T sugar
• ^ t cinnamon
• i c sugar
• 2 T butter
• ^ c hot water

Method

1. 1

   Wash, pare, and core the apples.

2. 2

   Make a biscuit dough with flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, and milk or water.

3. 3

   Roll out to about 0.5 inch thickness, cut into 4 inch rounds, place cored apple in the center, fill with sugar and cinnamon, and press dough around apples.

4. 4

   Place in a baking pan, sprinkle with sugar, add butter, and hot water.

5. 5

   Bake for 20 minutes in a quick oven until crust is brown and apples are tender.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 147. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Apple Dumplings Wash, pare and core 6 small apples. Make a biscuit dough 266 LESSONS IN COOKING of 2 c flour, 4 t baking powder, ^ t salt, i T shortening, and ^ c milk or water, toss out onto a floured board and pat out to about ^ inch in thickness. Cut into 4 inch rounds, place cored apple in the center of each, fill the core cavity with i T sugar, and ^ t cinnamon, and press the dough firmly around the apples, completely covering them. Place in a baking-pan about i inch apart, sprinkle with i c sugar, add 2 T butter in dots over the top, and ^ c hot water

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