Double-Caramel Apple Dumplings

Name: Double-Caramel Apple Dumplings
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 servings Caramel sauce (see notes); 1 large egg, beaten to blend with 1 tablespoon water; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 158 milliliters pecan halves; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of a 17.3-oz. package), thawed; 454 grams Golden Delicious apples each)

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Double-Caramel Apple Dumplings a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 628 calories, 8g of protein, and 36g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up golden yummy apples, egg, pecan halves, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Set aside four pecan halves; chop remaining nuts. In a bowl, mix chopped nuts with 1/4 cup caramel sauce.

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Caramel Sauce

Pecan Halves

Nuts

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Bowl

Peel apples; core each, creating a 1-inch-wide hollow from top to bottom.

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Apple

Place apples in a bowl and coat with lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

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Bowl

On a lightly floured board, roll puff pastry into a 12-inch square.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

Cut into four equal squares and center an apple upright on each. Push nut mixture equally into apple hollows.

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Apple

Brush egg mixture over a 1/2-inch-wide border around each pastry; reserve remaining egg. To wrap each dumpling, with floured fingers bring two opposite pastry corners up over apple and pinch tips together. Repeat with remaining two corners. Firmly pinch all tips together; pinch each seam, then fold over about 1/8 inch along the seam and pinch again, leaving no holes. Space dumplings evenly on a buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheet.

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Apple

Wrap

Egg

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Baking Sheet

Bake in a 375 regular or convection oven for 20 minutes. Dip reserved pecan halves in egg mixture (save remaining egg for other uses or discard); press a nut half on top of each dumpling.

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Pecan Halves

Dip