Comments on: A favorite fall treat

By: Unnecessary Redundancies : ivman's blague

Unnecessary Redundancies : ivman's blague — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:59:48 +0000

[...] readers have asked me how my birthday apple dumplings were. They were unbelievable! Thanks, [...]

By: Becka

Becka — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:37:45 +0000

Carol,
I am so glad that you enjoyed the dumplings! You are the third person who has told me that they made them this week. I think people just think of apples when it’s fall. I’m glad that you are able to get all the ingredients to make them in your neck of the woods and that they turned out well in your toaster oven.
I am also honored that you have a file in my name.
I’ve been thinking about you as you study and hope your eyes are improving.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:44:51 +0000

Mrs Loach,

I just finished up the last of these amazing Apple Dumplings and decided to sit right down and thank you! My whole family loved them and, in fact, my husband was sad to see the pan was empty. I will be remaking them very soon. The dough, as you mentioned in the comment section above, is very easy to work with. This really is a very easy recipe to put together and works well (as I always like to add) in my toaster oven.

Just an FYI, whenever I see that you have posted a new recipe I immediately open up Microsoft word, copy and paste it and then put it into its own Special “Mrs Loach” file on my desktop.

By: Becka

Becka — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:01:39 +0000

Melissa. I’m so glad that you have been enjoying my blog. It’s been very surprising to me to find that people other than my family read it!
Thanks for commenting and letting me know you are out there.

I’m also glad that you were able to find the books at such a great price and I hope you will enjoy reading it. Mrs. Pittman gives a lot of good practical information and a number of good recipes all from a Christian perspective

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:38:32 +0000

Mrs. Loach,

I have never commented before, but I really enjoy reading your blog and this time I just had to comment!

After reading your comments to your commentors on the book that you recommened, Hospitality with Confidence, I looked for it on Amazon.com and found 16 copies available. I just ordered two, each for $0.01 plus the shipping cost of $3.99. So . . . at least at that location there are still 14 copies available!

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +0000

Our pastor’s daughter is a Grace Pittman!

By: Becka

Becka — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:47:45 +0000

Carrie,
It sounds like you have a very workable schedule for your housework. Dusting is my least favorite chore too. I try to bribe myself by purchasing new dusting tools from time to time (feather duster, microfiber mitt, etc.) but it’s still not much fun.

You will have to give the dumplings a try, although it sounds like fall might be just about over in Alaska!

I will give Adelaide a pat on the head from you and have my husband put you on the shawl list. Don’t hold your breath though, he generally prefers smaller projects.

By: Becka

Becka — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:41:13 +0000

Vikki, I always cut the apples into slices or chunks for the dumplings. I quarter them and then core and peel each quarter with a paring knife. You’ll have to give them a try this way

By: Vikki

Vikki — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:10:48 +0000

I too have made the recipe in the Better Home and Gardens cookbook (the old version) but haven’t made them for years. Problem is that I tend to break the apples trying to core them. Is there a trick to it or could the apples be used already cut into chunks?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:39:23 +0000

Yum! My mom made apple dumplings once or twice–very memorable. I should make these for our family! Please pat your kitty for me. . .

By: Becka

Becka — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:32:12 +0000

Brenda, you really do need to try this recipe. It’s quite good and the dough is easier to work with than pie crust.

The book is one of my favorites. I actually wrote to the author a few years back and thanked her for writing it and told her what a blessing it had been to me and got a nice letter in reply from her.

I posted the recipe for the Cinnamon Rolls from a cake mix from this book a while back. It makes a nice quick cinnamon roll and is handy when you need to make several dozen for a gathering. The dough is sort of a combination of a yeast dough and a biscuit dough.
You might need to try that one too.

I’ve been thinking about you a great deal lately regarding the loss of your little companion. We have two cats who are both around the age of fourteen. We lost another one about a year ago to cancer. He was a beautiful white stray who stayed. He turned up one year out in our yard and hid under our discarded Christmas tree for about a week until we took pity on him and let him come in.
I had never had a male cat before, but he was the most affectionate cat I have ever known. We were comforted when we lost him that his last few years had been happy ones.

By: Becka

Becka — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:19:10 +0000

Deb, I used to teach Home Economics (back when it was still called that) and that was one of the courses I taught. It is a very good book and has a number of recipes in the back. If you ever find a copy you might want to snatch it up.

By: Becka

Becka — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:16:06 +0000

Reverie,
That sounds like a fun tradition! Mrs. Yearick is my Sunday School Teacher at Hampton Park and her family has the tradition of apple dumplings whenever there is snow. You probably get to eat them oftener than she does down here!

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:54:23 +0000

Becka ~ thank you for the recipe; we will have to try it with some fall apples after we stop by The Apple Shed this week. I’ve read many books on Hospitality but haven’t seen the one you mentioned. And..I didn’t know you taught a class on Christian Hospitality ~ oh, I would love to be in one of your lectures!

By: brenda@coffeeteabooksandme

brenda@coffeeteabooksandme — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:12 +0000

I love that book. Although I gave most of my similar books to my daughter over the years, I kept that one. It has great recipes and it’s fun to go back and read once in awhile.

Hmmm… may have to make the apple dumplings. I haven’t tried that recipe.

By: Reverie

Reverie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:19:09 +0000

Apple Dumplings have been a favorite at our house since I was a little girl. My mom used the recipe from the Better Homes and Gardens recipe book which looks very similar to this recipe. In recent years, my mom taught me a shortcut for the dough–use Pillsbury pie crusts instead. Not quite as good as homemade, but a very reasonable substitute.

Now my family has a tradition. The day we first go to pick apples in the fall, we have apple dumplings for supper. Good choice, Rob