Get this all-star, easy-to-follow Apple Dumplings recipe from Emeril Lagasse
Cooking Time
Preparation Time :0 Min
Cook Time : 0 Min
Total Time : 0 Min
Ingredients
Serves :
4 Granny Smith apples- peeled, diced and tossed with the juice of 1/2 lemon
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon white vinegar and enough water to fill 3/4 cup measurement
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup unsalted butter
1 teaspoon lemon
1 cup hot water
Powdered sugar shaker
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Butter the bottom of a 9-inch by 11-inch cake pan.Make pie crust: Combine flour and salt.Using a pastry cutter or large fork, cut shortening into flour mixture. Work water mixture into flour mixture.You will end up with a nice firm pastry.Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Make apple filling:Mix apples with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.Working on a lightly floured surface, roll dough out into a 18-inch by 12-inch rectangle.Using a palette knife, spread the softened butter over the surface of the pastry.Sprinkle apples all over the pastry, as evenly as possible.Begin rolling up pastry, starting with the 18-inch side of the pastry in front of you. Roll as tight as possible.Crimp the finished edges of the pastry closed as well as the ends.Cut this log into 1 1/2-inch by 2-inch pieces.Place cut side down into the buttered pan, placing the pieces close together.Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Make the glaze:Combine ingredients for the glaze in a small pot.Mix well and bring to a boil.Pour this mixture over the pan of dumplings when 5 minutes remain in the cooking time. Sprinkle with powdered sugar at serving time.
