Apple Dumplings

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 6 apples, peeled & cored (jonathan, granny smith or golden delicious)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter (cubed into 6 pieces)
• pie dough
• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup lard
• 3 tablespoons cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups water or 2 cups apple cider

Recipe

• 1 make your pie dough or use the above recipe, chill several hours or overnight. roll dough out into rectangle 8" x 12". cut into 6 squares.
• 2 mix together the sugar & cinnamon and set aside.
• 3 peel & core apples, leaving whole. place apple in center of the square of dough. draw dough up the sides of the apple leaving top open. spoon 1-2 tsps of cinnamon sugar mixture into each apple and dot with 1 piece of butter. pinch the dough tops together to seal the apple closed. place in bottom of 8x8 casserole dish. set aside.
• 4 cook the syrup stirring constantly until it comes to a full boil. it should be slightly thick.
• 5 pour syrup over the apples and place in preheat 375º oven. bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown. ladle syrup over apples 2-3 times while baking.
• 6 serve warm with your choice of whipped cream or ice cream. ladle syrup over all.