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