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Ingredients:

• 1 pound freshly cooked potatoes in their skins, still warm
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 cup flour
• 3 large or 4 small cooking apples (Golden Delicious worked well)
• Lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup sugar, or to taste

Directions:

Preheat over to 400 degrees.

Peel the potatoes and mash them until very smooth. Season with salt and drizzle with melted butter. Knead in as much flour as necessary to make a pliable dough (waxy potatoes need more flour). The dough should be elastic enough to roll out, but do not knead more than necessary.

Roll the potato dough out into a large circle and cut into four triangular pieces. Transfer two triangle pieces to a nonstick baking sheet.

To make the filling, peel, core, and slice the apples. Pile sliced of apple  onto the dough that’s on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Dampen the edges of the dough, place the remaining pieces on top, and nip with our fingers to seal the edges together. Baking for 20 minutes or until the cakes are lightly browned.

Slit each cake around the side and turn back the top. Lay butter over the apples and then sprinkle with sugar. Replace the tops and return to the oven until the butter and sugar have melted to make a sauce.

Cut each cake in half and serve.

Serves 4.

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I’ve make these twice and both times had trouble adding the butter and sugar at the end. Next time I will see what happens if I just add the butter and sugar before sealing the cakes and baking.

Recipe courtesy of Irish Food and Cooking