Apple Dumplings

[vintagekitchen]

Since my aunt and I had both been craving apple dumplings, and family was going to be coming over for dinner tonight, I decided to make a batch of apple dumplings. These are definitely not all natural, nor healthy, but oh my gosh they are delicious. Tonight I made 1 1/2 times the normal amount, but here is my regular recipe. Serves 4, generously.

Apple dumplings
4 Granny Smith apples
1 can crescent roll dough
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1 can, 12 oz, Mountain Dew soda
Extra sugar and cinnamon, mixed together.
Addition butter, 2 to 4 tablespoons.

Separate dough into 4 rectangles, (ignore the diagonal cut through the rectangle, we are making dumplings, not rolls.). Fold each rectangle in half, and roll out into about a 6 inch square. This seals the perforated seams in the dough, so the dumplings don't leak.

Peel and core apples. One at a time, roll an apple in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place the apple on one of the dough squares, then fill the cavity from the core with more cinnamon sugar, and top with about 1/2 tablespoon butter. Fold the dough up around the apple, pinching to seal, but leave a little opening at the top so steam can escape.

Place the apples in a buttered 8 inch square glass pan, and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt the stick off butter in a saucepan. Dump in the sugar and the cinnamon. Stir together, and pour over the apples. Pour the can of Mountain Dew around the apples in the pan, and bake at 375 degrees 45 minutes to an hour, until the apples are tender, and the syrup is thick and bubbling. Let cool a bit, and serve with ice cream or whipped cream, and all that yummy syrup from the pan.

 

[norgeway]

YUMMM

My Mother made a very similar dumpling,just full of sugar !!

 

[rp2813]

I'll have to compare to my mom's recipe.  I know her dumplings turned out with a more golden color to the pastry even though they were basted with the mixture from the bottom of the dish (perhaps because she used regular pie dough), and that she didn't use Mountain Dew.

 

Your post has inspired me to make these.  They're fairly easy, and that always weighs heavily in my cooking and baking decisions.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Golden color

I sometimes get a bit heavy handed with the cinnamon, a darker color is the result, lol.

 

[frigilux]

How have I lived 54 years and never once had an apple dumpling? Baked apples, yes; ditto apple turnovers; but never a dumpling. They look tempting!

 

[imperial70]

Kevin,
Those made my mouth water. Nothing like comfort food. Thanks for sharing.

paul

 

[norgeway]

My Grandmother..

Made something called an Apple Roll, I will hunt the recipe and post it, it is something like a dumpling, you roll out a rich biscuit dough, spread it with chopped apples sugar and cinnamon, roll it up and cut in 1 inch slices, then you place it in a pan of hot syrup and bake, boy is it good!

 

[kevin313]

Those look soooooo good!