Apple Dumpling Recipe
Make this classic Apple Dumpling Recipe with flaky pastry wrapped around cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples. Perfect homemade dessert ready in 85 minutes.
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- oven
- baking dish
- pastry cutter
- knife
- cutting board
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- saucepan
Ingredients
Pastry Dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter cut into small cubes
- 6 tbsp ice water
Apple Filling & Assembly
- 6 medium Granny Smith apples peeled and cored
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- 1 large egg beaten
Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter or cooking spray.
- Make the pastry dough by combining the flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in the cold cubed butter with a pastry cutter or two forks until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with pea-sized butter pieces.
- Gradually add the ice water to the flour mixture, stirring with a fork until the dough just comes together.
- Gently knead the dough into a smooth ball on a floured surface before wrapping in plastic and refrigerating for 30 minutes.
- Roll the chilled dough on a floured surface into a large rectangle about 1/8-inch thick, then cut into six equal squares large enough to wrap around each apple completely.
- Place one apple in the center of each dough square, fill the core cavity with a mixture of 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 2 teaspoons softened butter per apple, then bring the dough corners up over the apple, pinching the seams together to seal completely.
- Arrange the wrapped apples in the prepared baking dish.
- Brush the pastry with beaten egg.
- Pour a syrup made by boiling 1 cup water with remaining granulated sugar and brown sugar over the dumplings.
- Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a knife.