{"id":7850,"date":"2026-09-25T20:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:50:55","slug":"classic-apple-dumplings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/classic-apple-dumplings\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Apple Dumplings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Classic Apple Dumplings<\/h1>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<h4>For the Dumplings<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2 large apples, peeled, cored, and halved<\/li>\n<li>1 package refrigerated pie crusts, or homemade pie dough<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For the Sauce<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup water<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Grease a <strong>9 \u00d7 13-inch baking dish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Cut each pie crust into two pieces large enough to completely wrap each apple half.<\/li>\n<li>Place one apple half in the center of each piece of dough.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle each apple with a little cinnamon and sugar, then place a small piece of butter on top.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the dough up and around the apple, sealing the edges well. Place the dumplings seam-side down in the prepared baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>To make the sauce, combine the butter, sugar, water, cinnamon, and vanilla in a saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the warm sauce evenly around the dumplings. Don&#8217;t pour too much directly over the tops so they can become golden and flaky.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>40\u201345 minutes<\/strong>, or until the pastry is golden brown and the apples are tender.<\/li>\n<li>Let the dumplings cool for about <strong>10 minutes<\/strong> before serving.<\/li>\n<li>Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and spoon some of the buttery sauce over the top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Granny Smith apples work especially well because their tartness balances the sweet sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t overfill the pastry or the dumplings may open while baking.<\/li>\n<li>For extra flavor, add a small pinch of nutmeg to the cinnamon-sugar mixture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Apple Dumplings Ingredients For the Dumplings 2 large apples, peeled, cored, and halved 1 package refrigerated pie crusts, or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7853,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions\/7853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}