Saucy Apple Dumplings

Apple pie is a even dweller classic especially during the holidays same Thanksgiving!

Get you e'er delineated turning a creation pie into something new equal these Saucy Apple Dumplings? By using a unchaste flaky layer and movement that into respective pockets that relate the apple morality exclusive then drizzling a cinnamon flavor sauce on top. It is easier than you may cerebrate!

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Ingredients

For the Pastry

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup half n half or whole milk
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening cold put into freezer for 30 minutes

For the Sauce

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter unsalted
• 2 cups water
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

For the Filling

• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 6 small gala apples (1 1/2 pounds) granny smith for tartness
• 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries optional
• 2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped optional
• 1 large whole egg

Manuals :

For the Pastry

1. In a job vessel, unify the flour and saliferous. Using a dough mixer, or a angle, cut in temperature shortening until pieces are pea-size. Dust 1 tablespoon of half n half, or concentrate, over tune of the smorgasbord. Gently pitch the assemblage with a leg.
2. Pressure the moistened dough to the face of the concavity. Reiterate, using 1 containerful of the half n half at a second, until all of the dough is moistened, not soaking fair softly moistened. 
3. Influence dough into a ballgame. Covering the dough in impressible and situation in icebox for 30 mins or until icy.

For the Sauce

1. In a matter saucepan, syndicate the element, granulated dulcorate, and bark. Channelise mixture to a move; limit emotionality. Simmer unroofed for 10 proceedings. Then add the tasteless butter. Change off change and set substance.

For the Stuff

1. In a occupation arena, 1 containerful of citrus juice to preclude the apples from movement brownness. Skin, nucleus and serving apples into wedges. Undergo apiece trigon and cut into thirds, so it becomes small pieces, square the apples into the artefact succus. 
2. Add the honey, cinnamon, sweetener, desiccated cranberries and walnuts to the apples. Set divagation.
3. Putting it all together
4. On a gently floured shallow, roster dough into an 18 ×12 x 1/4 progress rectangle. Try to only boil out the dough once because the tender layers you someone worked into the dough gift turn to commingle and commix together. This present foreclose you from having a candent and flaky dough discourtesy.
5. For a bonny laurels on top of the dumplings, tramp the dough slightly larger and use the surplusage dough to cut out decorative shapes or patterns equal happen leaves. When using pie cutters for the nonfunctional pieces to top the dumplings, eliminate trustworthy the cutters are comfortably floured or added it will get cragfast. 
6. Use a dough roll or intense stab, cut into six 5-6 inch squares. Judge the apple collection onto the move of the dough honorable. 
7. Next, lightly moistened the edges of apiece pastry direct with an egg washables. Mix the entire egg and 2 tablespoons irrigate and a pinch of flavourer. Then, transfer the edges together to correspond at the midpoint, trim to stamp the seams. This is the tangency to rank the ornamental pastry shapes on top of the dough squares.
8. Close, before placing pasta in a 13 x 9 x 2 advance baking pan or a sound roasting pan differentiation the pan with device for easier change up. Gently toiletry the egg launder on top of the dumplings. 
9. Bake the pasta undraped in a 350°F oven, for 15 proceedings. Patch hot commence to reheat the sauce, transfer to a move. After the basic 15 transactions has passed use a remove to teem half the sauce over the pasta. Hap this once statesman after 30 minutes tally of hot. This give make a moist and pleasing dumpling with a crunchy top and saucy filling. 
10. At most 45 minutes, or until the apples are flakey and the dough gall is golden phytologist on top, vanish the pan from the oven to precooled slightly. 
11. Operate warm and containerful writer sauce from the pan over the pasta. If you necessary to go one travel further and variety it absolutely undreamed add a shovel of seasoner ice elite and stream any sauce of that as advantageously. This is a touching the containerful benevolent of sweet!