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
- Pre-heat the over to 350. Crank it up!
- Add brown sugar and cinnamon to the medium size bowl.
- Time to get nutty. Chop up pecans to produce 1/2 cup and add to the bowl.
- 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.
- Add the apple bits to the brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecan mixture. Stir it up until the apples are coated generously.
- Finish with the vanilla and chocolate chips. You can always add in more to your liking :) Stir again.
- 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.
- Spoon your apple JAM mixture into the center of each dough circle. Like so:
- 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.
- 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!
- 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!
- 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!!!
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| Apple JAM mixture |
Easy, fast and fall baking basics! Yum!!! What's your favorite fall dessert or dish? Share your thoughts or recipes!
