Butterscotch Apple Dumplings

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Butterscotch Apple Dumplings

Recipe By : General Foods 1959
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Dumplings

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cuos flour -- sifted well
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
4 medium apples, pared, cored, halved
1/2 cup sugar mixed with
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
dash salt
2 cups boiling water

Measure flour, add baking powder, salt and 3 tablespoons sugar and
sift again. cut shortening into sifted ingredients until mixture
looks like coarse meal. Add milk, mixing until a soft dough is formed.
Knead dough on lightly floured board half a minute. Divide dough in
half. Roll each 1/8 inch, forming 10 inch squares. Then cut each into
four 5 inch squares. Place an apple half on each square. Sprinkle
each with 1 tablespoon sugar spice mixture. Moisten edges of dough
and bring corners up over apples, pressing edges together. Place in a
greased 13x9 inch baking pan with joined edges either on top or
underneath the dumplings. Mix together the brown sugar, butter, salt
and water, bring to a boil. Pour over the dumplings in pan. Bake 375°
for 45 to 50 minutes, or until apples are tender. Serve warm.

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NOTES : Tootie Notes: I found that you may need between 1/2 and 3/4
cups brown sugar packed well. The brown sugar mixture forms a
delicious butterscotch sauce around the dumplings. I keep a sugar and
spice mixture in an old cafe sugar shaker in the cabinet. Saves time.