We have the Pennsylvania Amish to thank for the Apple Dumpling.
The recipe is simple. Take an unbaked pie shell, cut it into two sections. Roll each section into a circle large enough to cover an apple. Peel and core the apples and put an apple in the middle of each pie crust dough circle. Mix 4 tsp cinnamon and 4 T sugar (according to your taste preferences). Fill the core area of each apple with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Carefully wrap the dough around and over each apple. Brush the tops with an egg-water mixture, and sprinkle with a little more sugar and cinnamon, if you want. Bake at 350 for one hour. Serve warm, and if you want to kick it over the fence, just add a scoop of ice cream!
There are tons more recipes for the apple dumpling online, many are baked in oozy-goozy brown sugar and butter sauces. This recipe is the basic, no-frills, less-calories version, especially when made with a sugar substitute. The sky's the limit for fancying up this old-fashioned comfort dessert!
"Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits." ~ Henry David Thoreau
