Apple Dumplings

1 recipe for double pie crust
6 apples (cooking - Macoun, Empire or your choice)
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Butter

SYRUP
1 cup sugar
1 3/4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter

Wash, peel and core apples, leaving them whole. Roll out pastry and cut in squares (large enough to cover apples). Place apples on pastry squares. Fill core (cavity) of the 6 apples with brown sugar. Sprinkle on top of brown sugar the cinnamon and nutmeg. Top with a dot of butter. Wrap apples with pastry and seal. Boil syrup ingredients for 3 minutes. Arrange apples in shallow pan, pour syrup over all and place in preheated 500 degree oven for 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake 35 to 40 minutes.

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