APPLE BANDANA DUMPLINGS

         4 cooking apples

              pastry:

         1/4 cup sugar

         2 tbsp. cream

         1 cup grated cheese

         1/4 cup mincemeat

         2 tbsp. brown sugar

            butter or margarine

      Pare apples, core.

      Divide pastry in fourths; roll out each 

            1/8" thick and lightly floured into square.

      Sprinkle with cheese

      Place apple in center of each square, filled 

            with mincement.

      Sprinkle with sugar, dot with butter or margarine.

      Fold two opposite cornets of pastry over apples; 

             tie remaining corners bandana-fashion on top

             of apples.

      Place greased wax paper under pastry "ears".

      Combine brown sugar and cream; brush on pastry, 

             except "ears".

      Bake in hot oven (400 F). for 55 minutes, brush "ears" 

             with cream mixture; bake for 5 minutes.