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| 1 | can (16 ounces) whole berry cranberry sauce |
| 1/4 | cup orange juice or water |
| 2 | tablespoons red cinnamon candies |
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| 1 | cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening |
| 3 | cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour |
| 3/4 | teaspoon salt |
| 6 | to 7 tablespoons cold water |
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| 4 | small cooking apples (each about 3 inches in diameter), peeled and cored |
| 4 | teaspoons sugar |
| 1 | egg, slightly beaten |
| Additional sugar, if desired |
| Fresh mint leaves, if desired |
| 1. | Heat oven to 400ºF. Lightly grease bottom of jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, or large cookie sheet with shortening. In 1-quart saucepan, heat cranberry sauce, orange juice and candies over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and candies are melted; remove from heat. |
| 2. | In medium bowl, cut shortening into flour and salt, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary). Roll pastry into rectangle, 18x16 inches. Cut pastry into four 8-inch squares, using pastry cutter or knife. Cut leaves from remaining 2-inch piece of pastry, using small leaf-shape cutter, pastry cutter or knife. |
| 3. | Place apple on each pastry square. Spoon 1 tablespoon cranberry sauce mixture into center of each apple. Sprinkle each apple with 1 teaspoon of the sugar. Moisten corners of pastry squares. Bring 2 opposite corners of pastry up over apple; pinch to seal. Repeat with remaining corners; pinch edges of pastry to seal. Decorate with pastry leaves. Place dumplings in pan. Brush with egg; sprinkle with additional sugar. |
| 4. | Bake about 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender. Garnish each dumpling with mint leaf. Serve warm with remaining sauce mixture.
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| Use Betty Crocker® pie crust mix for the scratch pie crust in this recipe and save time.
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Nutrition Information:
875 ( 385); 43g ( 11g, ncg); 55mg; 340mg; 119g ( 5g, ncg); 8g 2%; 8%; 2%; 18% nc ; nc nc