These homemade apple dumplings made with puff pastry are a delicious and easy recipe that anyone can make. They are the perfect dessert when apples are in season.

These easy apple dumplings make a great Fall dessert and most importantly, they taste amazing. The only real work involved in this recipe for apple dumplings is peeling and coring your apples and the rest is just assembly.

These apple dumplings also make during apple season when apples are abundant. Make sure you use baking apples (granny smith or a similar tart variety) as they hold up better to the baking process and won't turn to mush.

This is a great dessert that makes use of frozen puff pastry sheets which I love working with. I have many puff pastry recipes, like my ham and cheese calzones, baked brie en route , and my pear tart because frozen puff pastry is very forgiving and the final result is always beautiful.

Now let me show you how to make it!

What You Will Need

The ingredients in this apple with puff pastry recipe are very few. This is a really classic Italian recipe that is all about simplicity.

Puff Pastry. When you buy puff pastry it is frozen so you will need to thaw it in the fridge the night before making these apple dumplings.
Cream: This is heavy whipping cream and it is poured into the center of the apples before they are baked in the oven.
Whole Apples. The apples are baked whole which makes the most beautiful presentation after they come out of the oven all golden brown and juicy.
Sugar. Regular granulated sugar.
Egg (for brushing on top of the puff pastry before baking)
Cinnamon. Cinnamon and apples are a match made in heaven.

The cream and sugar added to the center of the apples inside the puff pastry make a beautiful and delicious sauce. Because these apple dumplings are whole and then wrapped in the puff pastry, they come out soft and delicious.

They become even tastier with the sauce that is made and gets poured into the center of the apple.

How to make apple dumplings with puff pastry

(full recipe below)

Preparing apple dumplings with puff pastry steps including: preparing apples, wrapping them in puff pastry then baking until golden brown.

Apples: Peel and core your apples.
Puff pastry: Take your thawed puff pastry, unfold it, and gently roll it out. Cut the puff pastry into 4 equal squares.
Assembling: Place your apples on top of the puff pastry and drizzle the center of the apples with a little cream, cinnamon and sugar.
Bake: Last you wrap it all up by bringing the corners of your puff pastry up over the apples and pressing it closed then brush with your egg wash to get that beautiful golden color.

How to serve

I really like serving these with a good vanilla ice cream on the side because in my opinion, anything with warm apples always tastes better with vanilla ice cream. I also serve this with homemade whipped cream and that is just as amazing.

You can also make a delicious and easy bread pudding sauce to add to it. It keeps with the same theme as the ice cream which is cream and sugar!

You can also dust them with powdered sugar or just serve them as is. Maybe serve them with a spiced pear martini which has all the same warm Fall flavors.

Tips

Refrigerating: These dumplings have cream in the recipe so you want to make sure the extra dumplings are refrigerated. They store for up to 2 days.
Reheating: Wrap each apple dumpling in aluminum foil and then place them on top of a baking sheet. Place in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, open up the aluminum foil to expose the top of the dumpling and bake for another 2-3 minutes to crisp up the puff pastry.

Best apples to use

Choosing the right type of apples for this apple dumpling recipe is important. Some apples are not meant for baking and some are. The apples that are good for baking are apples that can stand up to the heat of the oven and retain a nice texture.

Here are some of my favorite apples to use for this recipe:

Granny smith apples
Honey crisp apples
Fuji apples
Braeburn apples
Cortland apples
Honey gold apples

For more delicious and easy apple recipes

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Homemade Apple Dumplings with Puff Pastry

These homemade Apple Dumplings with puff pastry are a delicious and easy apple dumplings recipe that is made with puff pastry. They are the perfect dessert when apples are in season.

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Servings: Dumplings

Author: Melissa Oleary

Ingredients

4 granny smith apples peeled and cored but left whole and not sliced
1 package of thawed puff pastry sheets only 1 sheet is needed
½ cup heavy cream
1 egg beaten
4 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
flour for dusting

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees
In a small bowl, mix together your cinnamon and sugar and set aside
4 tablespoon sugar, 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a small bowl beat 1 egg yolk and set aside. This is your egg wash for later.
1 egg
Peel and core 4 apples
4 granny smith apples
Remove one of your puff pastry sheets from the package and gently roll it out on a lightly floured surface to ⅛ inch thick and make sure it is square. The packages usually come with two sheets so you can set the second sheet aside for another dish (if you are not doubling this recipe and using it)
1 package of thawed puff pastry sheets, flour for dusting
Now evenly cut your puff pastry into 4 squares with a sharp knife

How to Assemble

Take yours square of puff pastry and place on top of a sheet pan leaving plenty of space between them.
Now add 1 apple in the middle of each of your pastry squares.
Take one tablespoon of your cream and pour that into the center of each apple. This is the area that your cored.
½ cup heavy cream
Sprinkle 1 ½ tablespoon of your cinnamon sugar mixture over each of the apples making sure to get some into the center where the cream is.
Now neatly pull the 4 corners of your pastry together pinching together the sides and top to make a seal. Don't worry if there is a little gap here and there.
Do this for all the apples.
Once all your apples are assembled, brush the puff pastry on the outside of your apples with your egg wash.
Place in your pre-heated oven for about 30-40 minutes or until it is golden brown and the apple when pierced with a knife is tender
Serve immediately with powdered sugar, whipped cream or ice cream

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