Stuffed apple dumplings - country living
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Unsifted all-purpose flour |
| ½ | cup | (1 stick) butter or margarine, cut into pieces |
| 2 | tablespoons | Cream cheese, cut into pieces |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sour cream |
| 1¼ | cup | Water |
| 1 | cup | Chopped dried apricots |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 4 | Large Rome apples (also try Golden Delicious or other baking apple) | |
| 1 | Large egg beaten with 1 t water | |
Directions
1. To prepare pastry, place flour in large bowl; with pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter and cream cheese into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in sour cream until well combined. Stir in 2 to 3 T water, 1 T at a time, until mixture holds together. Form pastry into a ball; wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, prepare apricot filling: In 2-quart saucepan, combine the remaining water with apricots, ½ C sugar, and 1 t cinnamon.
Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to medium and simmer mixture until liquid is almost gone and apricots are glazed.
3. Core and peel apples. In small bowl, combine remaining ¼ C sugar and ½ t cinnamon. Coat outside and cavities of apples with sugar mixture. Stuff some apricot mixture into apple cavities, leaving ¼ inch unstuffed on each end. Reserve remaining apricot mixture.
4. Heat oven to 350'F. Divide pastry into 4 pieces. On lightly floured surface, roll out pastry pieces into 6-inch rounds. Place 1 apple on center of each round. Lift pastry edge around apple to encase without stretching pastry; trim off any excess pastry and reserve. If desired, shape reserved pastry trimmings into apple stems and press onto tops of pastry-covered apples. Place apple dumplings on baking sheet; brush with egg mixture.
5. Bake dumplings 40 to 45 minutes or until golden, brushing with egg mixture halfway through. Cool dumplings on baking sheet on wire rack 30 minutes. To serve, place warm dumplings on serving plates; spoon any extra apricot mixture on the side.
Country Living/November/91 Scanned & fixed by DP and GG