*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Quebec Apple Dumplings

Recipe By     : The Canadiana Cookbook/Mme. Jehane Benoit
Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts                         Fruit

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        Pie dough of your choice
                        Grated cheddar cheese
  12      med           apples -- peeled & cored
                        Mincemeat
                        Rum
                        Butter
                        Sugar
     1/4  c             brown sugar
     1/4  c             cream
                        Grated rind of 1/2 a lemon

Make enough pie dough to roll into twelve 6" x 6" squares (about a double
batch).* Sprinkle each square with a spoonful of grated cheese. Peel and
core the apples and place one on each square. Fill the centre of each apple
with a heaping spoonfull of mincemeat, a teaspoon of rum, a dot of butter
and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Bring diagonally opposite corners of the 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 a 400 degree oven. Remove foil,
brush ears with cream mixture and return to oven until ears are brown.
Serve warm with plain cream or sweetened cream, flavored with rum.

* A recipe of the Special Dough for Tourtieres can be used.

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NOTES : In Quebec these were baked in deep brown earthenware pudding dishes
and served on a hot wooden board or tray surrounded by autumn leaves or
boughs cut from the Christmas tree. It was a tradition in our family to
serve these dumplings after we had finished decorating our Christmas tree.