Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings
Serves: 5
Amos O'Hara
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
56
Spice
54
Sweetness
33
Sourness
37
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Prep time (avg)
5.9
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Butter3 cup
Brown Sugar1 tsp
Ground Cinnamon1 tsp
Ground Nutmeg3 cups
Water2 cups
White Sugar1 tsp
Vanilla ExtractDirections:
1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)
2
Butter a 9x13 inch pan
3
On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches
4
Cut into 6 square pieces
5
Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward
6
Cut butter into 8 pieces
7
Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce
8
Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple
9
Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples
10
With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together
11
Bring up the two remaining corners, and seal
12
Slightly pinch the dough at the sides to completely seal in the apple
13
Repeat with the remaining apples
14
Place in prepared baking dish
15
In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, vanilla extract and reserved butter
16
Place over medium heat, and bring to a boil in a large saucepan
17
Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved
18
Carefully pour over dumplings
19
Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes
20
Place each apple dumpling in a dessert bowl, and spoon some sauce over the top