Baked Apple Dumplings

Molly53's Note:

An old New England comfort food. From the US Regional Cookbook, Chicago Culinary Arts Institute, 1947.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons shortening
• 1 egg yolk , beaten
• 1⁄3; cup milk
• 6 -8 apples , pared and cored
• sugar
• cinnamon
• butter
• ½ lemon, juice of
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ¾ cup water
• ¼ cup corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

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.

Reviews

[Firehousecook AKA Cap'n Jack]

First; great recipe it is almost identical to mine. NOW the fun part.I apologize folks I am almos 80 and I love to see the youngsters getting into it. Some of you folks don't really know the "OLDE" words for things. Hey, I had to learn as a kid. "CHEF assig", PARING and peeling are one in the same. My MoM used to refer to her little do everything knife as a paring knife. Aren't you glad you got some of us OLDE duffeses around. Keep cooking and enjoyin. Cap'n Jack the Firehouse cook.

[ForeverKnight]

These were very good! I added some lemon zest & nutmeg with my cinnamon. I didn't have any corn syrup on hand but I did use maple syrup and it worked just fine. Fabulous and easy recipe!

[Chef assig]

This is WOW!!!!. Very YUMMY, only thing I would do is peel the apple first, just makes it easier. Otherwise all's I can say is WOW!!!!