{"id":17486,"date":"2025-12-28T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=17486"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:50:01","slug":"old-fashioned-apple-dumplings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=17486","title":{"rendered":"Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings are one of the most comforting desserts of American country cooking. These are no ordinary baked apples: here, whole apples are wrapped in a spiced dough and baked in a sweet, buttery syrup until the dough is gooey on the bottom and crispy on the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the recipe as grandmas made it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf4e Apple Dumplings
Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the dough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

250 g of fine flour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 teaspoons of baking powder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon of salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

150 g of cold butter (diced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.5 dl of cold milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the filling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 medium apples (e.g. Granny Smith or Jonathan \u2013 which will hold their shape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 g of butter (room temperature)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mixture of sugar and cinnamon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the syrup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

200 g of sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 dl of water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 g of butter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 teaspoon of cinnamon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-by-step preparation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Assemble the dough
    Mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Crumble the cold butter into it until you get a crumbly consistency. Add the milk and knead quickly (don’t overwork it!). Refrigerate while you prepare the apples.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Preparing the apples
    Peel the apples and use a corer to remove the cores, leaving the apples whole.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Filling and wrapping
    Roll out the dough into a large rectangle and cut into 6 equal squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Place an apple in the center of each square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Place a little butter and cinnamon sugar in place of the cores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bring the corners of the dough up over the apples and press the edges together well to completely enclose the fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. The syrup and baking
      In a saucepan, bring the water, sugar, butter and cinnamon to a boil until the sugar dissolves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Place the dumplings in a greased baking tray, spaced evenly apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Pour the hot syrup around the dumplings (not directly on them, so the dough doesn\u2019t soak through).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Bake at 190\u00b0C for about 35-45 minutes, until the apples are soft and the dough is golden brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What makes this dessert special?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The magic of the syrup: The syrup thickens during baking and mixes with the apple juice to form a heavenly caramel sauce on the bottom of the tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The duality of the dough: The top of the dumpling is fried, puff pastry-like, while the bottom, which has been sitting in the syrup, is soft and sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Serving tip: This cake is a must-serve warm! Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of cold whipped cream \u2013 the contrast between the hot apple and the cold accompaniment is indescribable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Would you like me to tell you how to make a “quick” version of this with store-bought puff pastry and cinnamon soda (Mountain Dew trick)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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