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Apple Dumplings Recipe

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 4 dumplings
Calories: 1022kcal
Author: Becky Hardin
This apple dumplings recipe is so good! Delicious dumplings filled with apples, butter, and spices, and bathed in apple cider sauce!
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Equipment

  • Kitchen Scale (optional)
  • 9x13 Baking Pan
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients

For the Apples

For the Filling

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into 4 pieces (¼ stick)

For the Sauce

  • 1 cup apple cider (NOT apple cider vinegar!)
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter (½ stick)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
  • On a floured surface, roll out your pie crust and cut it into four 7x7-inch squares. If the dough is soft, place it in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up.
    15 ounces refrigerated pie crust
    pie dough rolled out into a rectangle.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the brown sugar and cinnamon together for the filling.
    ½ cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    cinnamon and brown sugar mixture in a glass bowl.
  • Place an apple in the center of a crust square. Fill with 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon sugar mixture and one piece of butter. Bring each corner of the crust up to meet at the center of the apple. Press gently to seal. Then gently pinch the edges of the dough together.
    4 medium apples, 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
    an apple stuffed with cinnamon sugar and butter on a square of pie crust.
  • Repeat with the remaining apples and set aside in the refrigerator while you make the sauce.
    a folded apple dumpling.
  • Add the sauce ingredients to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often until the butter and sugar melt and the mixture boils. Once it boils, remove it from the heat. Pour the sauce in the bottom of your baking dish.
    1 cup apple cider, ¾ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup unsalted butter
    apple dumpling sauce in a saucepan.
  • Arrange the apples over the sauce. Bake for 40-45 minutes, basting the apples a few times with the sauce as they cook.
    apple dumplings in a baking pan with sauce.
  • Remove from the oven, let cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve with the sauce from the bottom of the pan.

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Notes

  • If you’re using store-bought pie crust, you won’t get perfect squares; just do the best you can!
  • If you are using a homemade pie crust, divide the dough into quarters, then shape each quarter into a square before chilling. This step makes it easier to roll into squares.
  • If you have any extra pie crust, you can cut out fall-themed shapes to place on top of each apple before baking.
  • If you’d like smaller dumplings, use only half an apple and less dough.
  • While you definitely need to get the core out, you do not have to peel the apples if you don't mind the peels.
Storage: Store apple dumplings in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Freeze for up to 2 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1dumpling | Calories: 1022kcal | Carbohydrates: 151g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 461mg | Potassium: 456mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 91g | Vitamin A: 631IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 4mg