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Show Mary's Kitchen j 1 Nothing will add more zest to an . evening or holiday meal than good old-fashioned grandmothers' apple dumplings Hero's how to make them In the j real old-fashioned way: Sift flour. saJt. and baking powder into mixing bowl. Cut in cream with i knife,. This dough should be as stlft 1 as pie dough. Roll about one-fourth inch thick. Cut in squares. In the center of each square, pile apples which have been pared, cored and cut In quarters Sprinkle lightly with sugar, dot with bits of butler urn) biing the four corners cor-ners of tho square together over the 1 top of the applea. Bake In moderate oven 45 minutes 1 The oven should be hot when the dumplings are put In and the heat: reduced slighly as the crust bakes. . After tho first 15 minutes of baking baste with one-quarter cup boiling wu-ter wu-ter and one tablespoon melted butter. Just before dumplings are done, take from oven and baste v.ith melted but-ter. but-ter. Return to oven for five minutes j Serve warm with sugar and cream. The covering for the apples may be . r,f pie dough not quite ns short as! for pie To make this crust, use two cups flour, one-half cup lard, one-half tea-Hpoon tea-Hpoon salt and enough cold water to j make a douh. Roll and use as in preceding rule Apple dumplings make a hearty dessert des-sert and should follow a light meal. ( Copyright, 192L NEA Service) . nn |