Lenon's Apple Dumplings
A tried and true family recipe of pastry wrapped apples with a cinnamon syrup sauce baked, serve with whipped cream or ice cream for a home cooked treat that feels and tastes like a fancy restaurant dessert
Servings: 4 apples
Ingredients
- 4 medium tart apples ( such as Granny Smith)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 cup butter
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder
- Cube the shortening and add to the flour mixture
- Cut the shortening into the flour mixture with a fork until it resembles pea size crumbs
- Adding 1 TBS at a time, gently mix the milk into the flour/shortening
- Continue to add the milk a little bit at a time until it will form a ball
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour
- Meanwhile, to a medium saucepan add the water, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter
- Over medium heat bring syrup to a boil and let cook for a couple of minutes
- Remove from heat
- Preheat oven to 425
- Remove the dough from the fridge and on a flour dusted surface roll the dough until it is a quite flat rectangle and about 1/4 inch thick.
- Divide into 4 quarters
- Core and peel each apple
- Take 1/4 of the dough and wrap the apple until it is completely covered, smooth out the rough bumpys
- Place in a pie dish
- Continue on all 3 remaining apples
- If you have any dough left over cut out leaf shapes and attach to the top of each apple
- Brush each pastry wrapped apple with a little milk and sprinkle with sugar
- Pour syrup over each apple
- Place in oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, while every 10 minutes baste apples with the syrup
- Serve with whipped cream or ice cream