Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. flour
2/3 c. Crisco
10 Tbsp. water
apples
1 stick oleo, cut into pats
sugar, 1/4 c. for each dumpling
brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. for each dumpling
cinnamon to sprinkle on each

Preparation

Work Crisco into flour until texture of corn meal.
Add water; stir with a fork and then, very lightly, work with hands, like for pie dough.
Peel and core apples.
Put a pat of oleo in core hole. Pinch off a piece of dough and roll out into a square large enough to cover apple.
Put apple on top; sprinkle with sugars and cinnamon.
Then, corner to corner, pinch together and seal.
Place on a cookie sheet.
Repeat with remaining dough.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.