Easy Apple Dumplings

Description: Wonderfully easy recipe for apple dumplins'.This recipe is easy, fast and tasty. I found this recipe in an old church recipe book that belonged to my husband's grandmother.

Ingredients:

• 5 medium tart apples (or pears)
• 5 refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
• 1 cup sugar (divided)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

1. Core applies. Pare or leave skins on.
2. Roll out each biscuit thinly using a rolling pin. (be sure to dust with flour).
3. Place an apple in the center of each biscuit.
4. Fill centers with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. (1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon).
5. Dot each apple with 2 teaspoons of margarine/butter.
6. Wrap up with apple in biscuit and seal with fingers.
7. Boil 2/3 cup sugar and water with 2 tablespoons of margarine/butter for 3 minutes.
8. Pour syrup around apples in flat casserole dish.
9. Bake at 425 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
10. *Best served hot and even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!