MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Apple Dumplings With Hard Sauce Categories: Desserts Yield: 6 Servings Pie pastry (double crust) 3 tb Butter 3 tb Sugar 1 tb Dark raisins 2 tb Walnuts; chopped 3/4 ts Cinnamon 6 Apples Lemon juice 1 Egg yolk 1 tb Water MMMMM-------------------------HARD SAUCE------------------------------ 1/2 c Butter; soft 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/4 c Powdered sugar Make your favorite apple pie pastry (2 crust or enough for 6 apples). Form pastry into a flat 8" round; wrap in wax paper; refrigerate. In small bowl, combine 3 tb butter, sugar, dark raisins, chopped walnuts, and cinnamon; blend with fork. Core and pare apples and brush with lemon juice. Using spoon fill hollows of apples with raisin-walnut mixture. Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease well a shallow baking pan, 15-1/2 x 10-1/2 x 1". On lightly floured pastry cloth or floured surface, divide pastry evenly into 6ths. Roll each section large enough to cover apple, about 8-1/2" square. Place apple in center and bring each corner of square to top of apple; pinch edges of pastry together firmly to cover apple completely. Arrange in pan. Brush with 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tb water. Bake, brushing once with juices in pan, 40 minutes or until pastry is browned and apples are tender when tested with a wooden pick. With broad spatula remove dumplings to serving dishes. Serve warm with hard sauce. Hard Sauce: In medium bowl, using portable electric beater, cream butter until light in color. At low speed add vanilla and powdered sugar; beat until smooth. Recipe by Pat Guy Recipe FROM: MMMMM