Turning Apples

 

Apple Dumpling Day

Really?

Apple dumplings get a day?

Fair enough…

another crazy day to celebrate…

and I do love

the smell of cooking apples!

I couldn’t find any facts

on this tasty day,

which is hardly surprising.

 

 The cynic in me would wonder

 which group started this day –

the apple growers

or the pastry sellers…

The dessert lover in me

 doesn’t care! 

The British had recipes

for apple dumplings

way back in the 1600’s.

All you have to do today

 is grab a cored apple…

 fill it with butter,

sugar and cinnamon…

wrap it in dough

and bake it in syrup!

 I’d be adding some ice cream

 and can find no argument

 against the tradition

of dribbling rum or vanilla

 over the top. 

 

 (If you can’t beat the crazy days,

 you might as well join ‘em!)

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