Red Hot Apple Dumplings

Ingredients

Dumplings

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup Crisco
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 6 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
• 6 tart cooking apples

Syrup

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cups water
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon Red Hots candy

Instructions

Dumplings

1. Sift flour with salt.
2. Make a paste of 1/4 cup of flour and 1/4 cup water.
3. Cut Crisco into remaining flour, then add flour paste. Mix thoroughly and divide into 6 parts. Roll each piece into 7 or 8 inch circles.
4. Peel apples and core. Set each apple in center of circle. In core hole, put 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon butter, 6 Red Hots and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Fold up dough around each apple and seal tightly. Arrange in a 2 inch deep baking dish.

Syrup

1. Make a syrup of sugar, water, butter and Red Hots; bring to a boil.
2. Pour the syrup over dumplings in baking dish and bake at 425 degrees F for 40 to 50 minutes. Baste the dumplings with the syrup several times while baking.