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    Home » Recipes

    Homemade Apple Dumplings that Melt in Your Mouth

    by Patti Estep · Nov 10, 2022

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    Blue ceramic baking dish with four apple dumplings.
    Four apple dumplings in a square baking pan over fresh apples, dough, cinnamon and brown sugar ingredients.

    This apple dumpling recipe is pretty easy to put together and makes a stunning, extra-special dish, to impress your guests. Using apples fresh from the orchard in the fall or really any time of year, this recipe works well as a fancy breakfast or brunch item or as a dessert. You can serve it with milk, cream, or ice cream for more deliciousness.

    Four apple dumplings in a blue dish.

    Another item introduced to me by my husband was a Pennsylvania Dutch apple dumpling. When visiting his family in central PA, near Amish country we picked up some chicken pot pie and a few apple dumplings, in the fabulous market in the center of town. He would heat the dumpling, and add milk, to eat any time of day, mostly breakfast.

    Recently tried my hand at making my own homemade apple dumplings, and am sharing the recipe here today.

    Pastry dough, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, and golden apples.

    Choices for Making Homemade Apple Dumplings

    I went to our local farm and checked out the apple selection. I figured an apple dumpling is pretty similar to a pie, so I was looking for a good pie apple.

    Many say that Granny Smith apples are the best apples for pies, but they didn't have any of them at the farm. I ended up with one they called Ginger Gold, because I haven't tried it before, and it was labeled as good for use in pies. Personally, any crisp apple that's firm and tart has my approval. Honeycrisp, Braeburn, or Pink Lady are good choices.

    I made my standard pie crust dough for the pastry. It tasted great, but I noticed it wasn't as dry as the ones I'd had before. I think that's why my husband likes to pour milk over his apple dumplings.

    Apple dumplings prepared in a baking dish ready for the oven.

    Easy Apple Dumpling Tips:

    • You could use frozen or refrigerated pie dough for this recipe. 
    • This recipe has a little brown sugar and cinnamon in the core, but if you are trying to cut back on sugar, I think you could leave that step out. 
    • You could also add a few raisins or walnuts in the center.
    Baked apple dumpling broken open with a fork.

    Apple Dumpling Sauce

    This recipe includes a syrup made from brown sugar, water, vanilla, butter, and cinnamon to pour over the apples. I think this makes them extra delicious, but you could cut back here too.

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    Possibly consider just a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar. Make your own cinnamon sugar by whisking together regular granulated sugar with cinnamon. I'd start with a 4:1 ratio. Four tablespoons of sugar to one tablespoon of cinnamon and then go from there as you wish.

    Either way, I think you will be in for a fabulous treat.

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    Partial view of pastry covered apple dumplings with cinnamon sauce.
    Four apple dumplings in a blue baking dish

    Apple Dumpling Recipe

    This homemade easy apple dumpling recipe is simple to put together and makes a stunning, extra-special dish, to impress your guests.
    4.50 from 10 votes
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 45 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 379 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 large baking apples
    • one pie crust

    Filling

    • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

    Sauce

    • 1/2 cup water
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    • Peel the apples and remove the core
    • Roll out pie dough on a lightly floured surface into a rectangular shape
    • Cut into four even pieces of dough.
    • Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon for the filling.
    • Place an apple on the center of one piece of dough
    • Fill with 1/4 of the filling.
    • Bring up the sides of the dough and pinch the edges together to wrap the apple and then place it in a baking pan.
    • Repeat for the remaining 3 apples.
    • In a saucepan combine the ingredients for the sauce.
    • Cook over medium heat and stir until combined and butter is melted.
    • Remove from heat and pour the mixture over the apples.
    • Place the baking dish into the oven and bake for 45-60 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown and the apple feels fork tender.

    Notes

    Serve as a dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    Keep leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container for a few days.
    In the morning, heat one in the microwave and pour some milk over top for a delicious breakfast.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 379kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 3gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 235mgFiber: 3gSugar: 34g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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