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     Title: Baked Apple Dumplings With Cranberry Filling
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     Yield: 6 servings

   1/2 c  Sour cream
   1/2 c  Brown sugar -- packed
   1/3 c  Dried cranberries
   1/2 ts Grated orange peel
     6 md Golden Delicious apples
     1    Double crust pie pastry
   1/4 c  Milk
     6 ts Granulated sugar

 Heat oven to 425.  Combine sour cream, sugar,
 cranberries and orange peel. Core apples, making a
 hole with 1 1/4-inch diameter.  Do not cut through
 bottom; do not peel.

 Divide pastry into 6 equal pieces.  On a well-floured
 board, roll out one peice into 9-inch square.  Lightly
 brush dough with water.  Set apple in center of dough.
 Fill with sourcream mixture.  Gather up corners of
 pastry and bring together at top, forming a decorative
 twist; cut off excess pastry and reserve. Press pastry
 to smoothly encase apple. Pinch each of the 4 flaps of
 excess dough to seal. Trim to 1/2-inch width,
 following curve of apple; reserve excess pastry. Press
 seams against apple. Refrigerate while wrapping
 remaining apples.

 Brush a dumpling with milk.  Sprinkle with 1 teas
 sugar.  Set on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining
 dumplings. Place 2 inches apart on sheet. Prick dough
 in several places with fork, not piercing apple skin.

 If desired, roll out excess dough.  Cut out decorative
 leaves.  Attach to dumpling with water.  Bake in 425
 oven for 30 minutes or until apples are tender and
 pastry is golden brown.  Serve warm.

 Recipe By     : Family Circle 9/17/96

 From: Carol Taillon <[email protected]: Thu, 31
 Oct 1996 16:25:27 -0500 (

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