Bourbon Apple Dumplings
The other day I went to the store and they were selling granny smith apples for $0.25 each. So I had to pick up some. Tart and delicious. From there I wanted to make a nice dessert that would be great for a dinner party. Then came the spark, bourbon. Bourbon and apples go together so well, so I decided to make bourbon apple dumplings. I don’t want to pat myself on the back or anything, but they are awesome.
Serve with some ice cream on the side and these are a winning dessert. So good you may want to go back for seconds.
First make your dough. If you are using store bought dough you can skip this step. The dough is made first as it needs to chill in the refrigerator for a bit before using.
Place the flour, sugar and salt into a food processor and pulse a couple of time to mix up the ingredients. Then cut up the butter into smaller pieces and place in the food processor. Pulse about 10 times in 1 second intervals until the mixture resembles crushed crackers. Then drizzle in the ice cold water 1 tablespoon at a time. Pulse in between each tablespoon of water. After 3 tablespoons have been added check the consistency. If you can squeeze the dough and it holds together, you are fine. If it crumbles add a little more water. Then turn the dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap and tightly wrap it. Place in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes before using.
Next preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium saucepan start the syrup. Place the water, bourbon, sugar, butter and spices into the pan. Bring to a boil. When the mixture starts to boil, set your timer for 2 minutes. Remove from the stove top and let cool slightly before using.
Roll out the dough into a long rectangle. Roughly 7-8 inches wide and 20-24 inches long. Cut into 3 equal size squares.
Peel and core 3 tart apples. I used Granny Smith but feel free to use your favorite. In a small bowl combine the 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. After the apple is peeled and cored, roll the apple in the cinnamon sugar.
Place the cinnamon-sugar coated apple into the center of one of the pastry squares. Then spoon in some brown sugar into the core. Then place a little bit of butter onto the brown sugar. Sprinkle with a dash of cinnamon. Then repeat until the core is filled.
Then grabbing the corners of the pastry square, fold them up and seal in the apple. Place the finished dumplings into a greased 9×9 baking pan.
When all of the dumplings are in the pan, slowly pour the Bourbon Syrup over the dumplings.
Place the dumplings in a preheated 375 degree oven for 45-50 minutes. Cook until the dumplings are golden brown on top.
Serve the dumplings warm with a side of ice cream. Drizzle the Bourbon Syrup over the top of the dumplings and ice cream.
— Rex
Bourbon Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
Method
- Make pie dough or use store-bought.
- Roll out dough into a long rectangle roughly 7-8 inches wide and 20-24 inches long.
- Cut dough into 3 equal size squares.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Peel and core 3 tart apples.
- Mix 1/4 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Roll each peeled and cored apple in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place cinnamon-sugar coated apple in the center of one pastry square.
- Spoon brown sugar into the apple core.
- Place butter on the brown sugar and sprinkle with a dash of cinnamon.
- Fold up corners of pastry square and seal around the apple.
- Place finished dumplings into a greased 9×9 baking pan.
- Slowly pour bourbon syrup over the dumplings.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes at 375 degrees until dumplings are golden brown.
- Serve warm with ice cream and bourbon syrup drizzled over top.
