Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 to 8 large apples
1 1/2 to 2 c. water
2 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
2/3 c. milk
3/4 c. sugar, mixed with 1 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1 1/2 c. syrup from apple peels plus 2 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Pare and core apples, saving skins and core and simmer in water.
Drain and reserve liquid from syrup.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Cut in shortening.
Add milk; stir only until moistened.
Roll out to size of tea towel; cut into 6 or 8 squares.
Put apples on each square of dough.
Put 1 teaspoon butter, 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon mixture in each apple. Pinch dough together over apple.