May 3, 1992
Dough:
2.c. all-purpose flour
dash salt
1 1/2 t. baking powder
2/3 c. milk
Filling:
6 apples, peeled, cored, halved
cinnamon sugar
1 stick oleo
Syrup
2 c. sugar
2 c. boiling water
1/2 c. oleo---combine in saucepan
Combine dry ingredients for dough. Cut in shortening. add milk to moisten. Roll out to a 9"x13" rectangle, then cut out 3" squares. Put one apple half on a square, sprinkle on cinnamon sugar and pinches of the oleo.
Seal and pinch around apple. Arrange in a baking pan 1" apart, Pour syrup over dumplings. Bake 1 hour at 350*. 12 Servings
An excerpt from my diary, May 3, 1992
Dear Devin,
You are one year old and one day now. "Of all the babies in all the world.".. You are so perfect, chubby, soft with little brown ringlets and small feet like your natural mother's.
"Good Things Baby"
Paul Revere and the Raiders
