Best Moms Easy Apple Dumplings Recipes

MOM'S SIMPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir the milk into the flour mixture until moistened. Dough will be pretty lumpy, but be sure to not over mix it!
• Drop dough by large spoonfuls onto any boiling stew. The dumplings should rest on top of vegetables and meat; it's okay if they stick out of the top a bit. Cook uncovered for 10 minutes; cover and cook another 10 minutes.

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.

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.

MOM'S EASY APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• roll out pie crust. cut into 4 even sections.
• peel, core, and quarter apples.
• place 1 whole apple into 1 section of dough. fill with 1 teaspoons sugar, 1 teaspoons cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, and 1 pat of butter. bring up sides of dough to enclose apple. place in greased baking dish.
• repeat with rest of apples.
• bake at 350F for 20 minutes or until apples are soft.

MOM'S APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For syrup, in a small saucepan, bring the water, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; add butter and food coloring if desired. Stir until butter is melted; set aside. , For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add milk, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Cut into six squares. Place an apple in the center of each square. , Combine 2 teaspoons sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; sprinkle over apples. Dot with butter. Bring up corners of pastry to center; pinch edges to seal. , Place in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Pour syrup over dumplings; sprinkle with remaining sugar. , Bake at 375° for 35 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and apples are tender. Serve warm with cream.

EASY APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Core applies. Pare or leave skins on.
• Roll out each biscuit thinly using a rolling pin. (be sure to dust with flour).
• Place an apple in the center of each biscuit.
• Fill centers with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. (1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon).
• Dot each apple with 2 teaspoons of margarine/butter.
• Wrap up with apple in biscuit and seal with fingers.
• Boil 2/3 cup sugar and water with 2 tablespoons of margarine/butter for 3 minutes.
• Pour syrup around apples in flat casserole dish.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
• *Best served hot and even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

EASY APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. On a surface dusted with flour, unfold the rolls.
• 3. Place apple wedge on the wide edge of each piece of dough and roll up; place sumplings in an 8 inch square baking dish.
• 4. In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugar, cinnamon over medium heat. Stir in the Mountain Dew.
• 5. Pour the mixture on the dumplings.
• 6. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 15 minutes; remove the foil and bake 15 minutes longer.
• 7. Serve with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.
• Steps 1-5 can be done before dinner so that you are ready for the 30 minute cooking time as you are finishing dinner.

EASY APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 9×13 pan with non-stick spray.
• Slice the cored and peeled apples into eight wedges.
• Open one of the cans of crescent rolls and carefully unroll it. Separate the 8 triangles from each other.
• Place one apple slice on the wide end of the triangle, then roll up like a crescent roll (the package has an illustration on the back if you're not sure what that should look like). Tuck the ends around the apple slice to completely enclose it. Place in the baking pan and repeat with the seven remaining triangles from the first can, then repeat again with the second can of crescent rolls.
• Place the butter in a large microwave safe measuring cup and microwave until melted, about a minute.
• Stir in the sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon, then spread evenly over the dumplings in the pan.
• Pour the Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan.
• Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes, or until the crescent rolls are golden brown on top.