Furr's Cafeteria Apple Dumplings
Furr's Cafeteria Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
For the Dumplings
- 1 package premade pie dough, (7.05 ounce)
- 6 tart green apples, peeled and cored
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the Sauce
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- as needed butter, for greasing
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish generously with butter.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400
- 2
Unroll the premade pie dough and roll it out into a large rectangle. Slice the dough into six equal squares.
⏱️ 5 min
- 3
Place one peeled and cored tart green apple in the center of each dough square, ensuring the hollowed core faces up.
⏱️ 3 min
- 4
Cut the 1/2 cup of unsalted butter into 8 thin pats. Insert one pat of butter into the hollowed core of each apple. Reserve the remaining 2 pats of butter for the sauce.
⏱️ 5 min
- 5
In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the apples and into their cores.
⏱️ 3 min
- 6
Moisten your fingers with water. Bring each corner of a dough square up to the center over the apple. Pinch the seams of the dough together to seal the apple inside, forming a dumpling. Carefully transfer the wrapped apple dumplings to the prepared 9x13-inch baking dish.
⏱️ 4 min
- 7
In a saucepan, combine the 2 cups of water, the 2 cups of brown sugar (reserved for the sauce), the 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and the remaining 2 pats of reserved butter. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.
⏱️ 5 min
- 8
Once boiling, reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until the brown sugar has completely dissolved.
⏱️ 4 min
- 9
Pour the prepared sauce evenly over the apple dumplings in the baking dish.
⏱️ 1 min
- 10
Place the dish in the preheated oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the dumplings are golden brown and the apples are tender.
⏱️ 60 min•🌡️ 400
- 11
Remove the apple dumplings from the oven. Serve them warm, spooning extra sauce from the baking dish over each dumpling.
⏱️ 2 min
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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Furr's Cafeteria Apple Dumplings
For the Dumplings
- 1 package premade pie dough, (7.05 ounce)
- 6 tart green apples, peeled and cored
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the Sauce
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- as needed butter, for greasing
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish generously with butter.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400 - 2
Unroll the premade pie dough and roll it out into a large rectangle. Slice the dough into six equal squares.
⏱️ 5 min - 3
Place one peeled and cored tart green apple in the center of each dough square, ensuring the hollowed core faces up.
⏱️ 3 min - 4
Cut the 1/2 cup of unsalted butter into 8 thin pats. Insert one pat of butter into the hollowed core of each apple. Reserve the remaining 2 pats of butter for the sauce.
⏱️ 5 min - 5
In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the apples and into their cores.
⏱️ 3 min - 6
Moisten your fingers with water. Bring each corner of a dough square up to the center over the apple. Pinch the seams of the dough together to seal the apple inside, forming a dumpling. Carefully transfer the wrapped apple dumplings to the prepared 9x13-inch baking dish.
⏱️ 4 min - 7
In a saucepan, combine the 2 cups of water, the 2 cups of brown sugar (reserved for the sauce), the 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and the remaining 2 pats of reserved butter. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat.
⏱️ 5 min - 8
Once boiling, reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until the brown sugar has completely dissolved.
⏱️ 4 min - 9
Pour the prepared sauce evenly over the apple dumplings in the baking dish.
⏱️ 1 min - 10
Place the dish in the preheated oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the dumplings are golden brown and the apples are tender.
⏱️ 60 min•🌡️ 400 - 11
Remove the apple dumplings from the oven. Serve them warm, spooning extra sauce from the baking dish over each dumpling.
⏱️ 2 min