Apple Dumpling recipe.....

Wohoo, someone actually reads my blog AND asked for my apple dumpling recipe, lol!! I know I have a few faithful readers, but these are people I actually know so I'm very excited to have a reader that I've never "spoken" to! Okay, sorry for the excitement, it's raining here and I'm dealing with my first cold of the season so I'm a little drugged up at the moment, lol! Anyway, there really is no "recipe" for my apple dumplings, it's just kind of one of those things that gets passed down through the family, but I'll try my best to estimate on the quantities. This recipe is so stinking easy there's no way you could mess it up unless you burn the dumplings......

You'll need...

Pie crust, homemade or store bought. If using store bought get a couple of packs.

Apples...baking work best because they hold up during cooking. I usually use Granny Smith
but used Jonathon the last time because local Granny Smith aren't ready yet. Peel, core
and slice the apples.

Butter....the real stuff if possible

Brown sugar.....the darker the better.

Cinnamon.


Roll out (or unwrap) the pie crust. If using store bought use one pie crust per dumpling. Place peeled and sliced apples in the middle. Top with about 2TBS butter and 4TBS. brown sugar and then fold the sides of the pie crust up to the top until they all touch. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees until the crust is golden, usually about 45min. The brown sugar will melt out, scoop that up and drizzle it over the top when serving warm.

Let me know if you make them and how they turn out!!

The "official" start of fall...

Nothing announces the start of fall like having good old fashion apple dumplings for dinner. The kind that drip with brown sugar when you lift them off the tray, not the cheap ones in the store. Yes, I know what you're thinking, who eats apple dumplings for dinner, right? Well, I was raised Pa. Dutch and it's totally normal in that culture. In fact it's like an annual rite of passage and I look forward to it every year. Dale is still getting used to it, okay, he still thinks it's strange but he just smiles and goes along with me. I still remember the first time he went to my parents house for dinner and my mom served apple dumplings, I thought he was going to fall out of his chair. So anyway, last Friday we headed up to Green Dragon to get our apples. Green Dragon is like an outdoor Amish farmers market meets flea market kind of place. The Amish grow the BEST produce and it's dirt cheap up there. Plus it was a nice night to be walking around outside and the girls had fun watching the Amish buggy's pull in and out. Sunday was apple dumpling day and they were delish! I made them a little big, in fact so big that we couldn't even finish the tray AND I still have apples left over for another batch. Here's a picture of my hard work before we cut into them! The brown stuff on the bottom of the tray is all the brown sugar that melted out of the dumplings.

By the way, we eat ours right out of the oven with milk poured over them. It's the only way I know how to eat one, I don't think I've ever had one cold.