Maple Apple Dumpling Pie Pastry - your own or purchased 4 Medium Apples 2 Cups Pure Maple Syrup 1/3 Cup Granulated Maple Sugar 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon 2 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine Heat oven to 425º - roll out pastry and cut into about 7" squares. Pare and core one apple for each dumpling. Place apple in center of each square. Mix together the Granulated Maple Sugar and Cinnamon - fill apple cavities. Dot each apple top with about ½ teaspoon Butter. Bring opposite points of pastry up over the apple. Moisten pastry to seal it together. Place in baking dish. Pour Pure Maple Syrup in bottom of dish around apples (not over them). Bake 40 to 45 minutes until crust is nicely browned and apples are cooked through (test with fork). Put dumpling on serving dish, drizzle with hot syrup from pan and top with whipped cream or ice cream. Maple Syrup Bread Pudding 1 Cup Pure Maple Syrup 1 Cup Milk 2 Eggs - beaten 2 Cups cubed day old bread 1/4 tsp. Salt Scald milk, add maple syrup, bread and salt - let stand 5 minutes. Add beaten eggs and transfer into well greased casserole dish. Place pan in hot water and bake in oven at 325º for one hour. Optional: You may add 1/2 Cup chopped nuts or 1/2 Cup raisins if desired when putting the eggs in. Oatmeal Maple Muffins Mix: 1 Cup Rolled Oats 1 Cup Flour 4 tsp. Baking Powder 3/4 tsp. Salt Add: 2 Eggs and beat mixture Add: 1/2 Cup Milk 1/4 Cup Pure Maple Syrup 1/2 Cup Butter Mix with Spoon - place in greased muffin pan or use paper baking cups. Optional: You may add 1/4 Cup Chopped Nuts. Your may also sprinkle top of each muffin with Granulated Maple Sugar. Bake at 350º for 20 minutes. Maple Walnut Sweet Rolls Put the following ingredients in your bread machine on the "dough" cycle: 3/4 Cup Milk 1/4 Cup Butter or Margarine 1 Egg 1/4 Cup Sugar 1 tsp. Salt 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour 2 tsp. Dry Yeast Remove dough from bread machine - pat out into a rectangle. Brush dough with 2 Tbsp. Melted Butter or Margarine. Then sprinkle with 1/2 Cup Pure Granulated Maple Sugar and 1/2 Cup chopped Walnuts. Roll dough jelly roll-style and cut into 1 1/2" wide pieces and place cut-side up in a greased pan. Cover and let rise for about 40 minutes. Bake at 350º for 15-20 minutes. When rolls come out of oven, spread Pure Maple Cream on top to frost. Gramma Merles Baked Beans 1 lb. Dry Beans 1 teaspoon Dry Mustard 1 teaspoon Salt 1/3 Cup Minced Onion 2/3 Cup Pure Maple Syrup 3-4 slices Bacon Sort and wash beans. Cover with cold water and soak over night. In morning, bring to a boil and cook until beans are tender. Add other ingredients and bake at 250º for 6 to 8 hours. Add more water if they become too dry. Uncover baking pan during last half hour of baking.