Fall Baking: Apple JAM Dumpling Delights!

Fall Baking Basics: Apple JAM Dumpling Delights

There are so many fall foods that I love that it's tough to choose a fave! From butternut squash, pumpkin pie, hearty chilli to fresh apples--the seasonal change shifts us from outside to inside, and into a cozy kitchen wafting with delicious aromas! On Sunday night, as the rain rolled in, I decided to try my creative hand in the kitchen with a huge bag of red McIntosh apples that we had. I modified a recipe I found on Pinterest originally from Cooking with Chopin Blog.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Apple corer
• Peeler or sharp knife
• 2 baking sheets
• A medium size mixing bowl

Ingredients

• 4 small to medium size red apples chopped
• 1/3 cup of brown sugar
• 1 can of Pillsbury flaky biscuits
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1/2 cup of pecans
• 1/4 chocolate chips (I used mini)
• 1/2 lemon (to squeeze over apples to avoid browning
• Sprinkle of powdered sugar
  
  Yields 16-20 dumplings

Recipe Instructions

1. Pre-heat the over to 350. Crank it up!
2. Add brown sugar and cinnamon to the medium size bowl.
3. Time to get nutty. Chop up pecans to produce 1/2 cup and add to the bowl.
4. Wash the apples, core, and peel. Chop into small chunks. If you're worried about your apples browning, just squeeze a little lemon juice on them. Boom.
5. Add the apple bits to the brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecan mixture. Stir it up until the apples are coated generously.
6. Finish with the vanilla and chocolate chips. You can always add in more to your liking :) Stir again. 
7. Take your can of biscuits, bust it open, and divide (most cans serve 8, peel dough apart into 2 or more). Lay out dough onto baking sheets about a 1/2 inch apart. You don't need to grease the sheet.
8. Spoon your apple JAM mixture into the center of each dough circle. Like so:
   
   



Apple JAM mixture

9. Pinch into a dumping shape by taking the edges of the dough up to the center and close. (Try to press the edges of the dough together since they will expand a bit in the oven.) I made some mini and some regular size dumplings.
   
   
   
10. Pop these bad boys into the oven for 12-14 minutes. And await for the scrumptious smell of fall to bake into the house. When the dumplings expand a bit in the oven, the apple JAM mixture will bubble and caramelize the top edges a bit. To.die.for!
    
11. Pop these bad boys into the oven for 12-14 minutes. And await for the scrumptious smell of fall to bake into the house. When the dumplings expand a bit in the oven, the apple JAM mixture will bubble and caramelize the top edges a bit. To.die.for!
    
    
12. Sprinkle on a bit of powdered sugar on your Apple JAM Dumpling Delights while still warm. Take a big ol' bite, get a taste of fall, and praise the heavens!!!

Easy, fast and fall baking basics! Yum!!! What's your favorite fall dessert or dish? Share your thoughts or recipes!