"Given to me by my Finnish father, this recipe was a favorite' all- in-one' lunch for Finnish miners. The meat is at one end and the dessert at the other! These are great to pack for hikes or picnics. " Nancy Perkins

Makes 20 to 24 pasties

• Dough:

• 1 cup shortening

• 1 1/4 cups boiling water

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 4 1/2 to 5 cups all-purpose flour

• Meat filling:

• 3 slices bacon, diced

• 3 small potatoes, diced

• 1 carrot, grated

• 1 small onion, diced

• Pepper

• Salt

• Apple filling:

• 4 medium apples, peeled, cored, and diced

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1/8 teaspoon salt

• Bacon grease

1. Mix the shortening with the boiling water and salt. Add just enough flour to make a stiff dough. Chill 60 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

3. On a floured surface, roll pieces of dough into 4 1/2 inch circles; set aside.

4. For the meat filling, combine the bacon, potato, carrot, onion, and a little pepper and salt in a bowl.

5. For the apple filling, combine the apple, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.

6. To assemble the pasties, put 1 tablespoon meat filling on one side of the circles of dough, and 1 tablespoon apple filling on the other side. Raise the edges of the dough, and pinch them together.

7. Put the pasties pinched-side down on a greased baking sheet, and pat into the shape of a finger roll. Brush the tops with bacon grease, and bake 60 minutes