Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Sauce
Apple wrapped in flaky crust and baked to perfection in cinnamon sauce! Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream for a slice of heaven.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 10 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- Pastry for 2 crust 9” pie
- 5 apples
- 1–2 Tablespoons butter for pat on each apple half
- 1 ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, approximate, divided into dash for each butter pat
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons butter for sauce
Instructions
- Roll out pastry into rectangle and cut into 4.5 inch squares.
- Place peeled and cored apple half on each square, cavity up.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar and put ½ teaspoon of mixture into each apple cavity.
- Add water to remaining cinnamon and sugar, add 3 tablespoons butter and bring to boil. Reduce to medium heat and boil for three minutes. Remove from heat promptly.
- In the meantime, add a pat of butter to each apple cavity.
- Sprinkle each half apple with a dash of nutmeg – about 1/8 teaspoon each.
- Bring pastry points to middle of apple, pressing to seal.
- Place in 9×13 baking pan.
- Pour hot cinnamon sauce over and around apple dumplings.
- Bake at 425 for 40-45 minutes until lightly golden and syrup has thickened somewhat.
- Cool for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 dumpling