Apple Dumplings with Caramel Sauce
2 hours 20 minutes
When I first heard of apple dumplings I expected normal dumplings with bits of apple through them, but it is a whole apple wrapped in pastry to create a round dumpling shape.
3 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 2
- Dumpling
- 2/3 cups plain flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- salt, to taste
- 60g cold butter, diced
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 medium apples, peeled and cored
- 4 teaspoons brown sugar
- cinnamon, to taste
- 20g butter
- Caramel Sauce
- 2 teaspoons plain flour
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter
- salt, to taste
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:50min ›
Extra time:1hour chilling ›
Ready in:2hours20min
- Dumpling: In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt then cut in the cold butter until crumbly. Gradually add milk, tossing with a fork, until dough forms a ball then divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- On a well floured surface roll each half of dough into a 20cm square. Cut apples in half horizontally then place an apple bottom on each square. Place brown sugar and cinnamon in the core of each then top each with 2 teaspoons butter. Replace apple tops.
- Gently bring up corners of pastry to centre then pinch edges to seal. Place in a greased 20cm baking dish. Bake uncovered at 180 degrees C for 15 minutes.
- Caramel Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine flour and water until smooth. Add the sugars, butter and salt. Bring to a boil then cook and stir until smooth and blended. Pour over dumplings.
- Bake 35-40 minutes longer or until apples are tender and pastry is golden brown.
