MY DUMPLINS'

 A couple of weeks ago I post about a day at the lake and featured my apple dumplings at the end of the post I made that weekend. Several of you asked for the recipe...so you ask and you shall receive kids. This was the first I made them in several years. The recipe was my grandmothers. She would often prepare this apple dumpling recipe for us, often ready to take out of the oven just as we would arrive at her house. I can still remember the wonderful aroma as we'd come in the door. And this is the perfect time of year to make them while apples are in their peak.  Why stop eating at this point right?

Ingredients-

1- 1/2 cups sugar, divided

1 cup water

4 TBS butter, divided

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and nutmeg each

6, medium to large apples, peeled and cored

Homemade or store bough pastry for double-crust pie

Preheat oven to 375. For syrup, place 1 cup sugar, water, 3 tablespoons butter and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes; remove from heat.

Mix the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon and nutmeg. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 21x14-in. rectangle; cut into 6 squares. Place an apple on each square. Fill center of each with 4 teaspoons sugar and spice mixture,  and 1/2 teaspoon butter. Moisten edges of crust with water; bring up corners over apples, pinching edges to seal. Place in an ungreased 13x9in.baking dish.

Pour syrup around apples. Now this is where you can relax and have a gin or three. After all, here is always time for a cock-a-tail. Bake until golden brown and apples are tender, about 45 minutes should do it. Serve warm by themselves or give a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Delicious!!!!! Besides, you have the New Year coming to make resolutions about losing weight, and eating right... blah.... blah..... blah.

And I know that Cali Boi and a few others may have felt slighted by the title...so for them I present other dumplings.

 And Happy Hump Day  kids!!