Boiled Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
Directions
Make the dough
Mix one quart prepared flour, one-fourth pound suet, one teaspoon salt, and cold water to make a pretty stiff paste.
Roll the dough into a sheet a quarter inch thick.
Cut the dough into squares.
Assemble the dumplings
Place an apple in the center of each square.
Bring the corners together and pinch the edges to seal.
Prepare small square cloths, dip them in hot water and floured on the inside.
Enclose each dumpling in one of these cloths, leaving room to swell, and tie it up bag-wise with a stout string.
Boil and serve
Boil for one hour.
Turn out and serve with plenty of sweet sauce.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Prepared flour
- Forms the dough structure that encloses the apple and holds its shape while boiling.
- Suet
- Adds fat that keeps the dough tender and rich as it cooks.
The step that matters
Enclosing the dumplings in cloths. The cloth must be wrapped loosely enough to leave room for the dough to swell, and tied firmly so water cannot enter. Floured, hot-dipped cloths release more easily and keep the dough from sticking to them.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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