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It doesn’t get any more American than apple pie and in celebration of the luscious fruit, National Apple Dumpling Day will be celebrated, nationwide, Tuesday, September 17. This annual celebration is a chance to pay tribute to your favorite, whether it’s the red, green, or golden variety.
Make the day extra special with a luscious apple dumpling dessert using one of these fragrant recipes.
Apple Dumplings
- Pastry – 4 cups all-purpose flour, 1-1/3 cups shortening, 2 tsp salt and 8 tbsp water
- Filling – 8 tart apples, peeled and chopped, 1/4 cup sugar and 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Syrup – 1 cup of packed brown sugar and 2 cups water
- Combine flour, salt and cut in the shortening. Sprinkle mixture with water a little at a time. Mix until dough is ready to form into a ball. Divide into four equal parts.
- Roll each section of dough on a floured surface then place in an ungreased 13-inch baking dish. Fill with 1/3 apples. Sprinkle with a combination of cinnamon and sugar.
- Repeat the dough/apple/cinnamon/sugar process two times.
- Roll out the last piece of dough and place on top. Cut several slits through the layers.
- Boil the sugar and water until dissolved to make the syrup. Pour over the top layer. Bake 35-40 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve warm with ice cream of whipped topping.
Country Apple Dumplings
- 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and peeled
- 2 cans of refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 1/2 cups of white sugar
- 1 cup of butter
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 12 ounces of Mountain Dew soda
- Cut each of the apples into 8 wedges.
- Separate the dough into triangles.
- Place one apple wedge on a triangle and roll. Pinch and seal the apple inside the dough.
- Place apples in a greased 9×13 inch dish.
- Stir sugar and cinnamon into melted butter and pour over apples. Pour the soda over the apples.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven set at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
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