Meat Recipes: Recipe for Old-Fashioned Ham, Dried Apples and Dumplings

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Old-Fashioned Ham, Dried Apples and Dumplings

From Shari's collection of old-fashioned recipes, this easy recipe's age is unknown but dates back to the Revolutionary War.

1 quart dried apples

3 lb ham

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon pepper

3 tbsp melted butter or shortening

1 egg, well beaten

2/3 cup milk (about)

Method

Wash apples; place in bowl. Cover with water; soak overnight.

Place ham in large kettle; cover with water. Cook for 3 hours. Add apples and water in which they were soaked; cook for 1 hour. Add brown sugar; mix well.

Sift flour, salt, baking powder and pepper together into bowl. Add butter, egg and enough milk to make stiff batter; mix well.

Drop by spoonfuls into hot liquid with apples and ham; cover kettle tightly. Cook for 18 minutes. Serve pepping hot on large platter.

Makes 8 Servings.

NOTE: This is an old Pennsylvania Dutch recipe of the early eighteenth century before the Revolutionary War.

Contributor: shari dewey

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