Yield:
4 servingsDumpling Dough
Ingredients
1-3/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
6 tablespoons chilled butter or shortening
3/4 cup milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. For dumplings: Mix together dry ingredients. Cut solid shortening into dry ingredients, make a well in the center, and add milk. Stir just until dough is fairly free from sides of bowl. Turn onto lightly floured board and knead 8 to 10 times. Cover and chill while preparing apples.
Apples
Ingredients
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 medium apples, peeled and cored
1 egg white
Instructions
For apples: Combine sugar, butter, salt, and cinnamon and fill apple core hollows with this mixture, reserving some to sprinkle on top. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut into 4 squares. Place an apple onto each square and spread remaining sugar mixture over apples. Bring up corners of dough to cover apple and press edges together (dampen with a little water if necessary). Make sure edges are sealed or dumplings will pop open during baking. Brush with egg white and prick tops of dumplings with a fork. Carefully transfer dumplings to a baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F and continue baking for about 40 minutes longer, or until apples are tender when tested with a wooden pick. Serve with cream.
