Baked Apple Raisin And Brown Sugar Dumplings Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED APPLE RAISIN DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Make filling:
• Toss together all filling ingredients.
• Make dough:
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar into a bowl. Blend in butter and shortening with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1/2 cup milk and stir with a fork just until mixture is moistened.
• Turn out dough onto a floured work surface and gently knead 7 to 8 times, or until a soft dough forms (do not overwork dough, or dumplings will be tough). Roll out dough on a well-floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a rough 16- by 11-inch rectangle (about 3/4 inch thick). Trim to a 15- by 10-inch rectangle. Halve dough lengthwise, then cut crosswise in thirds (to form 6 squares).
• Fill dumplings:
• Divide filling among centers of squares. Bring all 4 corners together over filling and pinch together to seal. Transfer dumplings to a well-buttered 13- by 9- by 2-inch ceramic or glass baking dish and arrange about 1 inch apart. Brush tops with remaining 1/2 tablespoon milk and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar.
• Make syrup and bake dumplings:
• Bring cider and brown sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour syrup around dumplings, then bake dumplings until golden brown and syrup is bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve immediately.

BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• To Make Dough: Combine flour and salt in food processor, then add 3/4 cup of butter and process until blended. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time pulsing only until dough forms a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes, or up to 1 day if time allows.
• To Make Filling: In a large bowl, cream together remaining 1/4 cup butter and brown sugar. Stir in chopped apples.
• Roll out dough into a rectangle approximately 12x18 inches in size. Spread filling onto dough, then roll dough up starting at longest side. Cut into 2 inch pieces and place each dumpling into baking dish. Brush top of dough with egg white and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until dough is brown. Let set for 15 minutes.

BAKED APPLE, RAISIN, AND BROWN SUGAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Using melon baller, core apples, leaving bottoms intact. Place in glass pie dish, spacing apart. Microwave uncovered at 50 percent power until tender, about 10 minutes. Refrigerate 5 minutes to cool.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Transfer 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar to small saucepan. Add raisins and 3 tablespoons heavy cream and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Combine 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar and remaining heavy cream in medium bowl and whisk to peaks. Cover and refrigerate. Roll out each biscuit on floured surface to thin 8-inch round; brush lightly with egg. Place apple in center of each round; fill apples with raisin mixture, overfilling slightly. Pull 4 sides of dough up to top of apple (from 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock positions) and twist in center, making apple stem shape. Using fingertips, press seams tightly to seal. Transfer dumplings to baking sheet. Brush dumplings with egg; sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar.
• Bake dumplings until golden, about 18 minutes. Serve with cinnamon whipped cream.

CINNAMON-CARAMEL APPLE DUMPLINGS WITH GOLDEN RAISINS

Steps:

• Unroll piesructs onto a lightly floured surface, cut dough into 12 (10x1 inch) strips, reserving dough scraps for later use. Crisscross 2 strips of dough on surface, forming an "X". Place 1 apple in center of "X". Spoon 1 tablespoon raisins into apple core, pressing to compact. Pull strips up and over apple pressing dough into core; trim off excess if necessary. Repeat with remaining piecrust strips, apples, raisins.
• Reroll remining dough scraps. Cut leaf shapes from dough using a paring knife. Gently score designs in leaves using knife.
• Stir together egg and 1 tbsp water; brush dough strips on apples with egg misture. Gently press leaves onto dough strips at top of apples; brush leaves with egg misture.
• Whisk together melted butter and next 4 ingredients;pour mixture into 6 (6inch) cast-iron skillets (or all into one 9x13). Place 1 apple in center of each skillet.
• Bake at 425F for 20-25 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Shield apple tops with aluminum foil after 15 minutes to repvent excessive browning. Remove from oven. Press 1 cinnamon stick into center of each apple to resemble a stem. Garnish with golden raisins if desired.

BAKED APPLE, RAISIN,AND BROWN SUGAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Using melon baller, core apples,leaving bottoms intact.
• Place in glass pie pan, spacing apart.
• Microwave uncovered at 50 percent power until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Refrigerate 5 minutes to cool.
• Meanwhile, mix brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Transfer 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar to small saucepan, add raisins and 3 tablespoons heavy cream and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• Combine 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar and remaining heavy cream to medium bowl and whisk to peaks; cover and refrigerate.
• Roll out each biscuit on floured surface to thin 8-inch round; brush lightly with egg.
• Place apple in center of each round; fill apples with raisin mixture, overfilling slightly.
• Pull 4 sides of dough up to top of apple ( from 3,6,9,12 positions) and twist in center, making apple stem shape.
• Using fingertips, press seams tightly to seal.
• Transfer dumplings to foil-lined baking sheet;brush dumplings with egg, sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar.
• Bake dumplings until golden, about 18 minutes.
• Serve warm with cinnamon whipped cream.