Apple Dumplings

Name: Apple Dumplings
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 baking apples, about 3 inches in diameter (such as Braeburn, Granny Smith or Rome); 591 milliliters packed brown sugar; 158 milliliters cold butter or margarine; 3 Tbsps chopped nuts; 3 Tbsps raisins; 1 teaspoon salt; 315 milliliters water; 4 Tbsps cold water; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour

Apple Dumplings might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 812 calories, 7g of protein, and 24g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have salt, flour, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 5 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 425F. In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Oven

Cut in the butter, using a pastry blender or fork, until particles are the size of small peas.

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Butter

Peas

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Blender

Sprinkle with the cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing well with fork until all flour is moistened. Gather the dough together, and press it into a 6x4-inch rectangle.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

Lightly sprinkle flour over a cutting board or countertop.

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All Purpose Flour

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Cutting Board

Cut off 1/3 of the dough with a knife; set aside. On the floured surface, place 2/3 of the dough. Flatten dough evenly, using hands or a rolling pin, into a 14-inch square; cut into 4 squares. Flatten the remaining 1/3 of the dough into a 14x7-inch rectangle; cut into 2 squares. You will have 6 squares of dough.

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Dough

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Rolling Pin

Knife

Remove the stem end from each apple.

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Apple

Place the apple on a cutting board. Using a paring knife, cut around the core by pushing the knife straight down to the bottom of the apple and pull up. Move the knife and make the next cut. Repeat until you have cut around the apple core. Push the core from the apple. (Or remove the cores with an apple corer.) Peel the apples with a paring knife.

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Apple

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Cutting Board

Apple Corer

Knife

Place 1 apple on the center of each square of dough. In a small bowl, mix the raisins and nuts. Fill the center of each apple with raisin mixture. Moisten the corners of each square with small amount of water; bring 2 opposite corners of dough up over apple and press corners together. Fold in sides of remaining corners; bring corners up over apple and press together.

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Raisins

Apple

Dough

Water

Nuts

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Bowl

Place dumplings in a 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.

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Glass Baking Pan

In a 2-quart saucepan, heat the brown sugar and 1 1/3 cups water to boiling over high heat, stirring frequently. Carefully pour the sugar syrup around the dumplings.

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Brown Sugar