Brown Sugar Dumplings And Pecans Delish Recipes

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.

PECAN AND BROWN SUGAR CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine all ingredients except powdered sugar in processor. Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal; then process continuously until dough begins to come together.
• Roll 2 teaspoonfuls of dough between palms of hands to form 2 1/2-inch-long rope, tapering at ends. Place on ungreased baking sheet; curl in ends to form crescent shape. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 1 inch apart.
• Bake cookies until just firm to touch, about 20 minutes. Cool on sheet 5 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool. Sift powdered sugar over. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)

SUGAR ENCRUSTED PEAR DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together pecans, honey and lemon peel. Use a melon baller to remove the cores from the bottom of the pears, then peel the pears. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the pecan mixture into the hollow of each pear.
• Lightly roll pie crust into a 12-inch circle; cut into 4 wedges. Place 1 pear on each wedge. Brush edges of pastry with milk. Gently shape dough around pears, trimming away excess dough and pressing to seal.
• You can make ahead to this point, then cover and chill up to several hours. When ready to cook, add 5 minutes to the cooking time.
• Brush pastry with milk; sprinkle all over with coarse sugar or roll pears in the coarse sugar. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes (30 minutes if completing from chilled).
• If desired, drizzle with extra honey just before serving. Serve warm.

PECAN DUMPLINGS WITH CARAMEL RAISIN SAUCE 1968 (ONTARIO CDA)

Steps:

• Place all sauce ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a nice even simmer.
• I get the sauce going so it can start to thicken while you are preparing the dumplings.
• In a bowl add dry ingredients and combine well.
• In a cup measure the milk and butter and simmer in microwave until the butter has melted.
• Pour warm milk onto the dry ingredients and combine with the nuts, mix well, and knead three times.
• Roll into balls, if too sticky just drop 8 portions onto the simmering sauce.
• Cover with lid and cook at an even simmer 10 to 12 minutes until done.
• Uncover slightly and let sit four minutes on low, just to continue thickening the sauce underneath.
• Remove to bowls and serve with some sauce and raisins and a small portion of pouring cream on top.

BROWN SUGAR PECAN BRITTLE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir brown sugar in hot butter until dissolved. Add cinnamon and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir vanilla into brown sugar mixture; cook and stir until vanilla stops sizzling, about 30 seconds. Add pecans; cook and stir until pecans are fragrant and lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Pour pecan mixture out in a layer on parchment paper. Let cool to room temperature before breaking into pieces, about 20 minutes.