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APPLE-NUT PUDDING

34 Cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder

1 well beaten egg 1 cup finely chopped apples
14 cup enriched flour 14 cup chopped walnuts

14 tsp salt 1 tsp almond extract

Gradually add sugar to egg, beating until sugar is dissolved. Add sifted dry
ingredients. Stir in other ingredients. Pour into greased 8” square pan.
Bake in moderate oven (350°F.), 35 to 40 minutes. Serve with whipped
cream.

APPLE DUMPLINGS

2 cups bread flour 4 tsp baking powder
1% tsp salt 3 tbsps shortening
% cup milk 6 apples

6 tbsps sugar 1% tsp cinnamon

Sift flour, measure, add baking powder and salt to the flour and sift
three times.

Add shortening to the flour by cutting in with two knives or pastry
blender. Add liquid gradually to form a soft dough, stirring as little as
possible. Roll out 4% inch thick and cut in circles about 5 inches in
diameter. Core and pare the apples, place one on each piece of dough,
filling the centre of the apple with sugar and cinnamon mixed. Fold
the dough around the apple, sealing completely by moistening the edges
of the dough and pinching together. Steam over boiling water, closely
covered, for 30 or 40 min. or bake in a hot oven (450°F.) until apples
are tender. Serve with plain or whipped cream or hard sauce. If desired,
thick jam or marmalade may replace the apple filling.

APPLE COBBLER

2 cups thinly sliced B.C. apples 14 cup brown sugar
14 tsp cinnamon lf tsp nutmeg

1 tbsp lemon juice 14 cup sifted flour
3 tsp baking powder 1% tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar 1% cup shortening
14 cup milk 1 egg well beaten

Preheat oven to 400°. Arrange apples in greased baking dish. Sprinkle with
brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. Heat in oven while
preparing cobbler. Sift, then measure flour, resift with baking powder,
sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add milk and egg all at once. Stir until flour is just moistened. Spread
over apples. Bake for 35 minutes. Serves 6.

BAKED APPLE CRUMB
(Peaches may be used instead of Apples)
Fill a baking dish %4 full of sliced apples. Sprinkle with a little brown
sugar and cinnamon.

1 cup flour 14 cup brown sugar
14 cup butter Pinch of salt

Work together into crumbs, spread over apples and bake in moderate
oven,

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