Mom's Apple Dumplings
Grandma Van Laere's 1940 Dutch Version
Ingredients
Dumplings
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 heaping tablespoon margarine
- 1 heaping tablespoon solid Crisco
- 7/8 cup milk
Filling
- 5 to 6 apples chopped very small
- Cinnamon
- brown sugar about a handful
- 3 tablespoons margarine melted
Lemon Sauce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 lemon sliced
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
For the Dumplings
- Sift and mix flour, baking powder, and salt
- Add margarine (1 heaping tbsp), crisco, and mix as you would for pie dough
- Add milk
- Roll out on floured surface in sheet to about 1/4 inch thick.
- You can tell as to size to how many dumplings that is cut.
- Makes about 9 dumplings.
- Spread melted margarine, cinnamon to taste, along with brown sugar over dough.
- Put in chopped apples and roll up as you would a jelly roll.
- Cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces and put in pan 8x8 or 9x9, end up (cut side).
For the Lemon Sauce
- Mix sugar, flour and salt together.
- Add water, lemon and margarine.
- Cook until it begins to thicken and is clear in color.
All Together
- Pour lemon sauce over dumplings
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Check at 40 minutes.
- Should be brown and crispy.