Apple Dumplings Recipe

• 5 apples, pared and cored
• 4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• Sugar
• Cinnamon

1. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
2. Work in vegetable shortening with finger tips. Gradually add milk, mixing with knife to a nice dough.
3. Roll 1/2 inch thick and cut into squares. Lay an apple in the center of each an square.
4. Fill up centers with sugar and cinnamon and take corners off the dough. Pinch together.
5. Place in a greased baking pan. Dot over with sugar and vegetable shortening and bake in medium oven for 25 minutes or until nicely browned.
6. Serve hot with milk.
7. Sufficient for five dumplings.

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