Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 recipe basic pie shell
4 apples
1 Tbsp. (15 ml) lemon juice
3 Tbsp. (45 ml) granulated sugar replacement or granulated fructose
1/4 tsp. (2 ml) cinnamon
4 tsp. (20 ml) margarine
1 egg white, slightly beaten

Preparation

Roll out pie dough and cut into 4 equal pieces.
Peel and core apples and sprinkle them with lemon.
Place 1 apple in center of each pieces of dough. Combine sugar replacement and cinnamon in a bowl, sprinkling evenly into cavity of apples.
Top each apple with 1 teaspoon (5 ml) margarine.
Bring opposite ends of dough up over apple.
Moisten slightly with water; seal securely.
Brush with beaten egg white and place in shallow baking pan.
Bake at 425\u00b0F (220\u00b0C) for 35 to 45 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.
Yield: 4 dumplings.