Quebec Apple Dumplings (Canadian)


1 Pie dough (double batch)
1/4 Cup Cheddar cheese-grated
12 Medium Apples; peeled & cored
1/2 Cup Mincemeat
1/4 Cup Rum
Butter
3/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Sugar; Brown
1/4 Cup Cream
Lemon rind; 1/2 lemon
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Preheat oven to 400 F. Make enough pie enough to roll into 12 6"x6" squares
(about a double batch.) Sprinkle each square with 1 tsp grated cheddar. Peel
and core apples and place one on each square. Fill the center of each apple
with 2 tsp (or 1 heaping tsp) of mincemeat, 1 tsp of rum, a dot of butter
and 1 Tablespoon sugar. Bring diagonally opposite corners of dough over the
apple to form ears at the top. Cover the 'ears' with aluminum foil. Mix the
brown sugar, cream and grated lemon rind. Brush the dumplings with this
mixture and bake 35 to 45 minutes in 400 F oven. Remove foil, brush ears
with cream mixture and return to oven till 'ears' are brown.

Serve warm to
plain cream or sweetened cream

Servings: 1
Home Cookin 4.8 Chapter: Desserts