Quebec Apple Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sheets pie dough (double batch)
1/4 cup cheddar cheese, grated
12 apples, medium, peeled & cored
1/2 cup mincemeat
1/4 cup rum
butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cream
1/2 lemon, zest of

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F
Make enough pie enough to roll into 12 6\"x6\" squares (about a double batch.).
Sprinkle each square with 1 tsp grated cheddar. Peel and core apples and place one on each square. Fill the centre of each apple with 2 tsp (or 1 heaping tsp) of mincement, 1 tsp of rum, a dot of butter and 1 Tablespoon sugar.
Bring diagonally opposite corners of dough over the apple to form ears at the top. Cover the 'ears' with aluminium foil.
Mix the brown sugar, cream and grated lemon rind. Brush the dumplings with this mixture and bake 35 to 45 minutes in 400F oven.
Remove foil, brush ears with cream mixture and return to oven till 'ears' are brown. Serve warm with plain or sweetened cream, flavoured with rum.