Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings

Name: Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 small eating apples, such as Braeburn, peeled and cored; 2 ready rolled shortcrust pastry sheets, 320 g each; 40g butter, softened; 40g soft light brown sugar, for the filling; 1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra for dusting; 1 tbsp milk, to brush; 150g soft light brown sugar, for the sauce; 250ml water; 50g butter, for the sauce; 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon, for the sauce

Whole apples filled with cinnamon butter, wrapped in pastry and baked in a bubbling brown sugar sauce.

Time1 hr 20
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.70 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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6small eating applessuch as Braeburn, peeled and cored
2ready rolled shortcrust pastry sheets320 g each
40 gbuttersoftened
40 gsoft light brown sugarfor the filling
1 tspground cinnamonplus extra for dusting
1 tbspmilkto brush
150 gsoft light brown sugarfor the sauce
250 mlwater
50 gbutterfor the sauce
½ tspground cinnamonfor the sauce

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Mash the softened butter with the filling sugar and cinnamon.
2
Cut each pastry sheet into three squares, big enough to wrap an apple. Stand an apple on each and pack the core hole with the cinnamon butter.
3
Bring the corners of the pastry up over the apple, pinch the seams to seal and trim any extra. Place in a deep baking dish, seam side down, not touching.
4
Brush with milk and dust with a little cinnamon.
5
Simmer the sauce sugar, water, butter and cinnamon for 3 minutes until it melts together. Pour it around, not over, the dumplings.
3 min
6
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the pastry is golden and a knife slides easily into the apples. Spoon the sauce over each dumpling to serve.
43 min 20 s

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