Apple Dumplings: Just the Recipe

Recipe from my Great-Grandma Mae. Makes 12 dumplings.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups + 1 Tablespoon flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons butter + extra for topping and pan
• 1 Tablespoon shortening
• 7/8 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tart apples
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/4 tsp lemon extract
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400℉.
2. Butter large baking pan or casserole dish. (I used a 10×14 inch pan)
3. Peel and chop apples. Pieces should be small and thin, about 1/8 inch thick and about 1/4 inch in size.
4. Add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon to bowl and mix to coat apples. Set aside.
5. Combine flour, baking powder, 1 tsp salt, shortening, and 1 Tbsp softened butter in bowl of stand mixer.
6. Turn mixer on low to cut butter and shortening into flour.
7. Add milk in about 1/4 cup at a time.
8. Mix until just combined.
9. Roll out about 1 inch thick. Dough should be about 1 1/2 foot long (left to right) by 1 foot wide (up and down).
10. Melt butter and brush onto dough.
11. Pour apple topping onto dough and roll jelly-roll style.
12. Cut into 12 equal pieces.
13. Place in buttered pan and set aside.
14. Boil water.
15. Add sugar and boiling water to pan.
16. Add 1 Tbsp butter, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 Tbsp flour, lemon extract, and vanilla.
17. Bring to boil and simmer for 13 minutes.
18. Pour mixture over uncooked dumplings.
19. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden-brown.
20. Serve with ice cream, whipped cream, or heavy cream, and enjoy!

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