Dessert of the week
 

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Apple Dumplings

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Big Apple Dumplings

Ingredients
2 cups water
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
1/3 to 1/2 cup half-and-half, light cream, or whole milk
2 tablespoons chopped chopped raisins or golden raisins
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 small cooking apples (about 1-1/2 pounds)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine


Directions
1. For sauce, in a medium saucepan combine the water, the 1-1/4 cups sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Add the 1/4 cup butter or margarine. Set aside.

2. Meanwhile, for pastry, combine the flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until pieces are the size of small peas. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the half-and-half, light cream, or milk over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat moistening dough, using 1 tablespoon of the cream or milk at a time, until all of the dough is moistened. Form dough into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to an 18x12-inch rectangle.* Using a pastry wheel or sharp knife, cut into six 6-inch squares.

3. In a small mixing bowl combine the raisins, walnuts, and honey. In another small bowl stir together the 2 tablespoons sugar and the 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.

4. Peel and core the apples. Place an apple on each pastry square. Fill centers of apples with raisin mixture. Sprinkle with sugar-cinnamon mixture; dot with the 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Moisten edges of each pastry square with water; fold corners to center over apple. Pinch to seal. Place dumplings in a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Pour sauce over dumplings. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 35 minutes or until apples are tender and pastry is golden brown. To serve, spoon sauce over dumplings. Makes 6 servings.

*Note: If desired, roll pastry slightly larger and use excess pastry to make pastry leaves for garnish. Roll out pastry and cut into leaf shapes. Place on baking sheet. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Source: Better Homes & Gardens

why you no like apple pie minis?

that looks soooo good. I could almost smell the cinnamon :)

looks good enough to eat :P how i wished i can have some right now

Why you would want to ruin apple dumplings with raisins is beyond me.

I'm not sure who misinformed you, but this is the dessert of the week:
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Carrot Cake

damn all these look good :O fuck ur making me hungry

el yummo

thanks for the recipe, but what is cup shortening

yah that is weird. i would not put that in there.

crisco.

the stuff that stops your heart eventually.

lol

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ahh thanks.. I just call it grease

Thanks,I think I'm going to make those this weekend

dammit .... didn't even remember to eat today till I saw these pics .....

I have a friend who puts small chunks of orange peel in apple pie. WTF, it completely ruins it.

She also likes to put walnuts, fresh apple chunks and seedless grapes into her chicken salad which is fantastic.

No raisins! No citrus peels! No nuts! No bullshit!

Just good old American apple pie + Vanilla ice cream.

I don't eat that much dessert foods though, beer has enough sugar for me.

the apple dumplings look delicious - the carrot cake can go straight to hell!!!

Looks yummy