From, "To Market, To Market...A Collection of Kentucky Recipes," published in cooperation with your Daily InBox Newsletter.
INGREDIENTS:
TO PREPARE:
1. Cut shortening into flour and salt.
2. Beat egg with water and vinegar. Stir into flour mixture.
3. Divide dough into 8 parts. Roll each into 8-inch square.
4. Place one apple in each square. Fill each center with red hot candies, 1 Tablespoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon butter. Seal pastry around each apple.
5. Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 cups water, 4 Tablespoons butter, and 1/3 cup red hot candies and boil three minutes.
6. Place apples in baking pan and pour syrup around dumplings.
7. Bake.
Temperature: 425 degrees
Time: 40 minutes
SERVINGS: 8
- 1 cup plus 3 Tablespoons shortening
- 3 cups sifted flour
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 Tablespoons vinegar
- 8 apples, peeled and cored
- 1 cup red hot candies, divided
- 1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 2 cups water
- 5 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon butter, divided
TO PREPARE:
1. Cut shortening into flour and salt.
2. Beat egg with water and vinegar. Stir into flour mixture.
3. Divide dough into 8 parts. Roll each into 8-inch square.
4. Place one apple in each square. Fill each center with red hot candies, 1 Tablespoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon butter. Seal pastry around each apple.
5. Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 cups water, 4 Tablespoons butter, and 1/3 cup red hot candies and boil three minutes.
6. Place apples in baking pan and pour syrup around dumplings.
7. Bake.
Temperature: 425 degrees
Time: 40 minutes
SERVINGS: 8
