Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

plain pastry
apples
sugar
cinnamon butter
sugar
water

Preparation

Make plain pastry, roll out as for pie crust and cut into five-inch squares.
Place a peeled, cored apple on each square, filling apple cavity with sugar, cinnamon and a dab of butter. Pull dough up and around to neatly cover fruit.
(Press edges to seal.)
Place in earthen dish or 9 x 12-inch pan in which 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water has been placed.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes or until done (lightly brown and bubbly).
Can pierce with fork to see if tender.
Serve warm with cream, milk or plain.
(The dumplings can be prepared in advance, arranged in the pan to wait in the refrigerator until an hour before serving time, then into the oven.)