Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 to 8 medium tart juicy apples
1 c. sugar
2 c. water
3 Tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. butter

Preparation

Heat oven to 425\u00b0.
Roll out pastry a little less than 1/8-inch thick and cut into 7-inch squares.
Pare and core apples for each dumpling.
Boil next 4 ingredients together for 3 minutes.
Place apple on each square of pastry.
Fill cavities of apples with mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
Dot each with butter. Bring opposite points of pastry up over the apple.
Overlap, moisten and seal.
Lift carefully, place a little apart in baking dish.
Pour hot syrup around dumplings.
Bake immediately 40 to 45 minutes or until crust is nicely browned and apples are cooked through.