Baked Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sifted pastry flour
2 rounded tsp. baking powder
1 level tsp. salt
2 heaping Tbsp. lard or butter
1 c. milk

Preparation

Sift flour once, then measure.
Add baking powder and salt. Sift 3 times.
Rub in lard with fork and lastly, add milk.
Toss this on a well floured board and roll out a little less than a half inch thick; cut dough in rounds large enough to enclose a small apple.
Peel apples and core.
Place apple on dough, filling cavity of core with sugar, a dash of cinnamon and a small piece of butter. Press dough over apple and bake in a moderate oven.