Apple roly-poly

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
¼cupSugar
4teaspoonsBaking powder
½teaspoonSalt
¼cupShortening
¼cupButter or margarine
cupSour cream FILLING:
¼cupButter or margarine, softened
1cupPacked brown sugar
2teaspoonsGround cinnamon
6mediumsGranny Smith apples, peeled, cored and coarsely shredded (about 5 cups) TOPPING:
cupWater
2tablespoonsBrown sugar
1teaspoonGround cinnamon
½cupLight cream

Directions

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add sour cream and blend until a ball forms. Roll out on a floured surface into a 15-in. x 10-in.

rectangle. Spread with softened butter; sprinkle with remaining filling ingredients. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with the long side. Cut into 12 slices. Place slices, cut side down, in a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. For topping, combine water, brown sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Stir in the cream. Carefully pour hot topping over dumplings.

Bake, uncovered, at 350! for 35 minutes or until bubbly. (Center will jiggle when dumplings are hot out of the oven but will set as dumplings stand for a few minutes.) Serve warm. Yield: 12 servings.

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994