Categories: Fruit desserts

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. flour
• 3 cups water
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• Dumplings:
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 1/4 Tbsp. shortening
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 to 4 apples, peeled and sliced
• Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Butter

Directions

1. To make the sauce:

2. In a medium-size saucepan, mix together the sugar and flour, gradually add water and stir until smooth; add butter and stir.

3. Cook over medium heat until creamy; stir in vanilla. Pour into a medium-size baking dish and set aside.

4. To make the dumplings:

5. Combine flour, salt, shortening, baking powder and milk; stir to a soft dough. Roll out to a 1/4-inch thickness and cut in rounds about 4 inches in diameter.

6. Place 10 apple slices on each round. Sprinkle each round with 2 Tbsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and a dot of butter. Fold dough over and pinch edges together; drop into sauce. Bake it in moderate (350 degree) oven about 40 minutes.

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