Apple Dumplings

 

Country Cooking

 

8   Jonathan apples

1   8-ounce can jumbo size biscuits

4   tablespoons sugar

1   teaspoon ground cinnamon

4   teaspoons butter, divided 

     Sugar

     Raisins

     Chopped pecans

 

Preheat oven to 375-degrees.  Core apples to within ½ inch of bottom.   Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.   Fill apples with a teaspoon of cinnamon/sugar mixture and top with a ½ teaspoon butter.  Sprinkle on 2 or 3 raisins and a few nuts.  Lightly sprinkle sugar over biscuit dough and roll into a square large enough to cover apple.  Place apple in center of dough and bring up 4 corners.  Twist and secure with a toothpick.  Place in baking pan coated with cooking spray and cover with a loose foil tent.  Bake for 20 minutes.  Uncover and bake another 15 minutes or until apples are tender and dough is golden brown.   

Yield:  8 servings.  

 

Carolyn Gass Hardimon, M. S.      Home Economist