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Literary August 3, 1936

The Ironton News

Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio

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Recipe for apple dumplings: pastry made with flour, shortening, salt, and water; filling of pared and cored apples with sugar, cinnamon, and butter; baked in a sauce of sugar, butter, water, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

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PASTRY-
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cold water to make stiff dough (4 to 6 tablespoons)

FILLING--
8 apples, pared and cored
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter.

Cut shortening into the flour with knives or rub in with tips of the fingers. Stir in only enough water to hold the dough together.
Knead very lightly to mix well.
The pastry may be chilled on ice before rolling, if sticky. Flour board and rolling pin just enough to keep the dough from sticking. Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 9 pieces large enough to cover the apples.
Place the prepared apples on the pieces. Fill cavities with mixture of sugar and cinnamon. Dot with butter. Bring dough up over apples joining edges. Place in pan with space between dumplings. Surround with sauce and bake in hot oven (450 degrees F.) twenty minutes or until apples are tender.

SAUCE-
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 1/3 cups hot water
Dash of nutmeg
Dash of cinnamon
Combine ingredients and pour into pan around dumplings.

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Apple Dumplings Pastry Dough Apple Filling Dumpling Sauce

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