Baked Apple Dumplings.
1 quart prepared flour.
1 tablespoonful of butter and the same of lard.
1 pint of milk.
1 saltspoonful of salt.
Some ripe apples.
Chop the shortening into the flour when you have sifted and salted the latter. Wet up with milk and roll out quickly in a sheet less than half an inch thick. Cut into squares; lay in the centre of each a tart, juicy apple, pared and cored. Bring the corners of the square together and pinch to join them neatly. Lay in a baking-pan, the joined edges downward, and bake to a fine brown. When done, brush over with butter and shut the oven door for a minute more to glaze them. Sift powdered sugar over them, and eat hot.
These are more wholesome and more easily prepared than boiled dumplings. Eat with sweet sauce.