Apple Dumplings
Apple Dumplings are Granny Smith apples wrapped in a flaky pie crust, filled with a spiced butter and brown sugar mixture, topped with a sweet apple cider sauce. It's a dessert similar to a classic apple pie but in your own individual-sized portion!
Servings: 6 apple dumplings
Calories: 784kcal
Equipment
- Medium saucepan I like this one from Kitchenaid!
- 9x13-Inch baking dish I recommend this affordable set (The largest one works for this recipe)
- Kitchen scale (optional)
Ingredients
Sauce
- 2 cups apple cider
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Apples
- 1 recipe homemade pie crust, or 1 box (14.1 ounces) store-bought
- 6 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, divided
- ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
Sauce
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the apple cider, granulated sugar, and butter. Bring the mixture to a boil. Then, reduce the heat and let it simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After simmering, remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract. Set aside.
Apple Dumplings
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set it aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out pie dough into a large rectangle, approximately 24x16 inches and about ¼-inch thick. Cut the dough into six even squares, about 8x8 inches each.
- Place a peeled and cored apple in the center of each dough square.
- Fill the hollow core of each apple with 1 tablespoon of softened butter.
- In a small bowl, mix together the light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg. Evenly sprinkle this mixture over the apples.
- Lightly moisten the edges of each dough square with water. Then, carefully fold the dough around the apples, pinching the edges to seal them completely.
- Place the wrapped apples into the prepared baking dish.
- Pour the prepared sauce over the dumplings in the baking dish.
- Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes.
- After 25 minutes, remove the foil and bake for an additional 25-30 minutes, or until the dumplings are golden brown and crisp on top.
- Serve the dumplings warm with ice cream and extra sauce from the baking dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1apple dumpling | Calories: 784kcal