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Title: Baked Apple Dumplings With Cranberry Filling
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 6 Servings

1/2 c Sour cream
1/2 c Brown sugar; packed
1/3 c Dried cranberries
1/2 ts Orange peel; grated
6 md Golden Delicious apples
1 Pie pastry; double-crust
1/4 c Milk
6 ts Granulated sugar

Heat oven to 425?F. Combine sour cream, sugar, cranberries, and
orange peel. Core apples, making a hole with 1-1/4" diameter. Do
not cut through bottom; do not peel.

Divide pastry into 6 equal pieces. On a well-floured board, roll
out one piece into 9" square. Lightly brush dough with water. Set
apple in center of dough. Fill with sour cream mixture. Gather up
corners of pastry and bring together at top, forming a decorative
twist; cut off excess pastry and reserve. Press pastry to smoothly
encase apple. Pinch each of the 4 flaps of excess dough to seal.
Trim to 1/2" width, following curve of apple; reserve excess
pastry. Press seams against apple. Refrigerate while wrapping
remaining apples.

Brush a dumpling with milk. Sprinkle with 1 ts sugar. Set on baking
sheet. Repeat with remaining dumplings. Place 2" apart on sheet.
Prick dough in several places with fork, not piercing apple skin.

If desired, roll out excess dough. Cut out decorative leaves.
Attach to dumpling with water. Bake in 425?F oven for 30 minutes
or until apples are tender and pastry is golden brown. Serve warm.

Recipe FROM: Family Circle, Sep 17, 1996

Posted by: Carol Taillon <taillon@access.mountain.net>, Oct 1996

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