Apple Dumplings
The best apple dumpling recipe for an amazing dessert--especially during apple picking season!
Equipment
- oven
- Knife or apple corer
- measuring spoons/cups
- Miniature leaf cookie cutters
Ingredients
- 6 apples Your choice on your favorite type!
- 2 pie crusts home made or refrigerated
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 1/4 C brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/4 t nutmeg, fresh grated
- 3 T butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Set pie crust out a few minutes before beginning to make sure that it is soft enough to wrap around each apple. Cut each crust into 4 sections.
- Select 6 apples that will fit the size of 1/4 of each pie crust.
- Peel apples and cut out the core and seeds leaving the core attached at the bottom so contents will not leak out of the bottom of each apple.
- Make an egg wash by mixing 1 egg and 1 T milk. Set aside until ready to begin.
- Mix together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small mixing bowl.
- Add 1 t. butter to the bottom of the center of each apple and add 1 T sugar mixture on top of the butter.
- Carefully stretch and wrap 1/4 of the pie crust around each apple, making sure to cover. You will have a little bit of an opening in the center of the top.
- Using little cookie cutters or a knife, cut out leaf shapes and add to the top of each apple with egg wash under and on top.
- Brush a little egg wash on the apple (avoid the bottom) and sprinkle with granulated sugar. I also sprinkled the leaves with a bit more of the brown sugar mixture for color and flavor.
- Add the dumplings to a butter greased baking dish, making sure that you keep them separated.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until golden brown and the apple is done.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream while warm. Enjoy!
Notes
The fresh apples with this recipe were amazing--so, don't miss the opportunity to make these during apple picking season in the fall!
NOTE: I cooked some of my apples a little longer-50 minutes to insure that they were completely cooked for my husband's allergies...which meant those "collapsed" and fell apart and looked more like a wonderful apple pie. Cook them less-40 minutes to keep them like those in the featured photo! And, again, the size of your apples will determine baking time.
Hope you will enjoy and pin this one!