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Apple Dumplings Are Sweet Addition To Women’s Bazaar  Photo by Dayna M. Reidenouer By Dayna M. Reidenouer Members of St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church, 40 E. Main St., Strasburg, have been busy preparing for the congregation’s 30th annual bazaar, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The St. Michael Lutheran Women’s Group, which organizes the bazaar, has also made apple dumplings from scratch. “We started selling apple dumplings in 1995. A home economics teacher had the recipe,” Ruth Landis recalled. “We made 160 for the bazaar (the first year). They went over very well, and it’s been that way ever since.” When the women and several men gathered recently to make the first batch of apple dumplings, they worked like a well-oiled machine. About 10 people gathered around a long table to peel, core, and slice the bushels of apples. Several others filled the kitchen, cooking syrup and mixing dough. At another long table, circles of dough were placed in aluminum tart pans, filled with apple slices, sprinkled with a cinnamon and sugar mixture, and folded together. After being ladled with syrup, the pans and their contents were wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in boxes ready to be frozen. All told, it took 115 pounds of flour, seven bushels of Cortland apples, and 54 pounds of shortening to produce 555 apple dumplings. The group planned to meet again for another work session before the bazaar, and they will make even more afterward if the demand is there. In 2005, the group made a record 1,600 apple dumplings. Church members sell apple dumplings at work, to their neighbors, and to family and friends, but the desserts will be available for purchase at the bazaar. Customers will have their choice of freshly baked apple dumplings to eat on the premises or frozen treats to take home and bake later. There will even be a reduced sugar option - sweetened with Splenda - offered. The women’s group will also offer a variety of baked goods for sale, along with chicken corn and vegetable soups and beef barbecue sandwiches. A vendor will sell jumbo hot dogs outdoors. Other items offered by the women will include cookbooks, hymnbook angels, and pewter bread trays commemorating the congregation’s 250th anniversary. Vendors from within the congregation and in the community will offer handmade crafts. The church’s quilting group will sell pillows, chow-chow, and fudge, among other items, to raise money for supplies. The group makes comforters and donates them to Lutheran World Relief for dispersal to those in need around the world. Opportunities to win several unique items will be available. A women’s group member donated a shawl that she wove from her own handspun yarn, and another member donated a three-foot-high scarecrow for the fundraiser. The proceeds from the bazaar will be used by the women’s group to support the operations of the church. The group purchases items that are needed, such as paper supplies and kitchen supplies, and they wax the Sunday school room floors. The group also prepares and serves funeral luncheons and operates food stands at public sales. The group has purchased paraments for the sanctuary, and they are currently saving for new pew cushions. In addition, the group maintains a fund for disasters. “If there’s a need, we talk about it and decide how to fill it,” Landis said. For more information about the bazaar or to inquire about vendor spaces, readers may call Millie Patterson at 768-3172. Quarryville Advertiser - 10/14/2009 Willow Street Advertiser - 10/14/2009 Conestoga Valley-Pequea Valley Penny Saver - 10/14/2009 |
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