Seaside Apple Dumplings(The Old-Fashioned Kind) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 to 3/4 c. milk
1 c. water
1/2 c. butter or margarine
heavy cream (optional)
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. shortening
6 baking apples, peeled and cored
1 1/2 c. sugar
dash of cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cut in shortening until mixture resembles meal, then stir in milk until you have a soft dough.
Roll out into a large rectangle on a floured board and cut into 6 squares.
Place an apple on each square, moisten the edges and fold to enclose fruit, pinching seams securely.
Set dumplings in shallow baking dish.