To put it simply, old fashioned peach dumplings are peach halves wrapped in a handmade dough, and baked in a sugar water bath to create an ooey gooey sauce.
In a large bowl mix together the flour and salt.Using a fork, cut in the shortening until it makes a crumbly mixture.In a small bowl, combine the egg yolk, water, and lemon juice
Mix the egg mixture into the shortening mixture using a fork.
Mix until you have a soft dough.
Roll your dough out into a 12"x18" rectangle, then cut into 6 even-ish squares.
Feel free to trim the dough to make even squares.
Pinch all four corners of the dough up to the center of the dumpling. Wet the dough edges if needed to make them stick.
Boil the sugar and water until it's a rolling boil, then pour over all the dumplings.