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Apple Dumplings Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 preheat your trusty oven to 350 degrees.
Step #2 Butter the bottom of a 9-inch by 11-inch cake pan.
Step #3 Make pie crust: mix flour & salt.
Step #4 Using a pastry cutter or large fork, cut shortening into flour mixture.
Step #5 Work water mixture into flour mixture.
Step #6 You will end up with a nice firm pastry.
Step #7 put in the fridge for 20 mins.
Step #8 Make apple filling: Mix apples with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Step #9 Working on a lightly floured surface, roll dough out into a 18-inch by 12-inch rectangle.
Step #10 Using a palette knife, spread the softened butter over the surface of the pastry.
Step #11 Sprinkle top apples all over the pastry, as evenly as possible.
Step #12 Begin rolling up pastry, starting with the 18-inch side of the pastry in front of you.
Step #13 Roll as tight as possible.
Step #14 Crimp the finished edges of the pastry closed as well as the ends.
Step #15 Cut this log into 1 1/2-inch by 2-inch pieces.
Step #16 Place cut side down into the buttered pan, placing the pieces close together.
Step #17 place this in oven & bake for 30 mins.
Step #18 Make the glaze: mix ingredients for the glaze in a small pot.
Step #19 Mix well & bring to a boil.
Step #20 Pour this mixture over the pan of dumplings when 5 mins remain in the cooking time.
Step #21 This recipe yields 8 servings.
Step #22 --.
Enjoy the Apple Dumplings recipe