King Apple Dumplings

Ingredients

• IVo cupfuls flour
• V2 teaspoonful salt
• 1 cupful sugar
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• % teaspoonful cinnamon
• 4 tablespoonfuls shortening
• % teaspoonful nutmeg
• V2 cupful cold water
• 2^74 cupfuls apples

Method

1. 1

   Mix the flour, salt and baking powder together thoroughly and work in the shortening, using either butter, lard or a mixture of these fats.

2. 2

   Add the water and roll 1/2 inch thick.

3. 3

   Sprinkle the dough with chopped or sliced apples, the sugar and spice.

4. 4

   Roll like a jelly roll, cut off 2-inch pieces and place in a pudding dish cut side down.

5. 5

   Pour a part of the apple syrup on them and bake for 25 minutes in a hot oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

King Apple Dumplings IVo cupfuls flour V2 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder % teaspoonful cinnamon 4 tablespoonfuls shortening % teaspoonful nutmeg V2 cupful cold water 2^74 cupfuls apples

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