PIE CRUST AND APPLE DUMPLINGS
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- 4 c. flour
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 c. vegetable shortening
- (Crisco is best; buttery
- flavor is better)
- 1/2 c. water
DIRECTIONS
- Mix flour, salt, sugar and shortening well. Add remain-
- der of ingredients. Best to let stand 15 to 20 minutes or
- overnight if possible before rolling.
- Apple Dumplings:
- Make pie crust. Should make approximately 8 (depending
- on size of apples and how thin dough is rolled).
- Pare baking apples, cut in half and core. Place a pat
- of butter (oleo) in core hole of one half of apple, and a
- tablespoon of brown sugar in other half. Press together. Roll
- enough dough to cover apple. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on
- dough, place apple on that; sprinkle a little more cinnamon on
- top of apple. Bring sides of dough up around apple and firmly
- press together. Place in a baking pan and sprinkle a little
- cinnamon and white sugar on top of it. Bake approximately 1
- hour at 350 degrees.