Swedish Apple Mini Dumplings Recipes

SWEDISH APPLE MINI DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and vanilla; set aside.
• Remove pie crust from pouch; unroll on work surface. Spread butter over crust; sprinkle with brown sugar mixture. Cut crust into 8 wedges; place apple slice crosswise in center of each wedge. Starting with pointed end, fold crust wedge over apple; fold corners of wide end of wedge over apple, forming dumpling and sealing completely. Place seam side down and sides touching in baking dish. Sprinkle with raisins.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat apple juice, sugar and cinnamon candies to boiling over medium heat. Cook 1 minute, stirring frequently, until candies are melted. Carefully pour over dumplings.
• Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until crust is light golden brown, apples are tender and sauce thickens. Cool 10 minutes before serving. Spoon dumplings into serving dishes; spoon sauce over dumplings. Serve warm with half-and-half.

OLD FASHIONED APPLE DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F
• Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with oil. Set aside
• In a bowl, using a pastry blender, mix flour, salt, baking powder and butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Add milk ¼ cup at a time, mixing well with a rubber spatula to bind ingredients.
• Lightly / medium flour a work surface and place dough in the middle. Roll out dough into a 10 x 14 inch rectangle. Think cinnamon rolls.
• Grate apples and place on top of rolled out dough.
• Sprinkle apples with ½ teaspoon cinnamon and ½ cup white sugar.
• Gently roll up dough along the long end - like you would a cinnamon roll. Dough is more like a thick pie crust than a soft cinnamon roll dough. This makes it harder to roll, not to mention this bulky apple layer.
• Once dough is rolled up into a tight roll, cut like cinnamon rolls, cut in 1 ¼ inch slices, like cinnamon rolls.
• Place apple dumplings into a prepared casserole dish, filling the dish entirely. Don't overpack, allowing room for rolls to gently expand during cooking.
• In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water, 2 cups brown sugar, ¼ cup butter and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon to a simmer.
• Pour over apple dumplings.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Remove and serve immediately by itself or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

MINI APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Unroll crescent rolls. Do not separate.
• In a small bowl, combine honey, peanut butter, and pumpkin.
• Heat in microwave for 30 second intervals until it reaches a smooth spreading consistency.
• Spread across crescent roll dough.
• Being very careful, separate dough at performations.
• Roll each crescent roll around apple slices.
• Place into a 9x9 inch greased baking pan.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over wrapped apples.
• In a medium bowl, combine white sugar, melted butter, cinnamon and soda.
• Pour over apples.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown.

EASY APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. For syrup, place 1 cup sugar, water, 3 tablespoons butter and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes; remove from heat., Mix the remaining ½ cup sugar and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 21x14-in. rectangle; cut into 6 squares. Place an apple on each square. Fill center of each with 4 teaspoons sugar mixture and ½ teaspoon butter. Moisten edges of crust with water; bring up corners over apples, pinching edges to seal. Place in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish., Pour syrup around apples. Bake until golden brown and apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Serve warm.

OLD-FASHIONED APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch pan.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches. Cut into 6 square pieces. Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward. Cut butter into 8 pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce. Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples.
• With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together. Bring up the two remaining corners, and seal. Slightly pinch the dough at the sides to completely seal in the apple. Repeat with the remaining apples. Place in prepared baking dish.
• In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, vanilla extract and reserved butter. Place over medium heat, and bring to a boil in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Carefully pour over dumplings.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Place each apple dumpling in a dessert bowl, and spoon some sauce over the top.