For 4 dumplings:

SYRUP:

2/3 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. water
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Boil together above ingredients for 3 minutes. Fill cavities of apples with mixture of: 1 tsp. cinnamon

Make pastry for two pie crust. Roll out pastry a little less than 1/8" thick. Cut into 7" squares. Pare and core a medium sized tart juicy apple for each dumpling. Then prepare syrup (ingredients above).

1. Place apple on each square of pastry. Fill core cavity with sugar-cinnamon mixture. Dot with 1 tablespoon butter.

2. Bring opposite points of pastry up over apple, overlap, moisten and seal.

3. Lift carefully, place a little apart in baking dish. Pour hot prepared syrup around dumplings.

Bake immediately at 425 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes until crust is nicely browned and apples are cooked through. (Test with fork.) Serve warm with the syrup and with cream or whipped cream.