Apple Dumplings

I bought organic apples on sale for $.78 a pound before I knew what I was going to do with them since it was such a great deal! I was searching around for an apple recipe on http://www.bettycrocker.com/ (one of my favorite sites) and found this recipe! I did however tweak it a little to make the recipe more of my own.

servings: 6

Ingredients

•    2 cups flour
•    1 teaspoon salt
•    2/3 cup & 2 tablespoons butter
•    4 tablespoons water
•    6 jonagold apples
•    4 tablespoons raisins
•    4 tablespoons chopped peanuts
•    2 ½ cups packed brown sugar
•    1 1/3 cups water
•    Cinnamon

Directions

•    Heat oven to 425 degrees
•    Core the apples (I used a melon baler by scooping through the core)
•    In a small bowl, mix together raisins and nuts
•    In a medium bowl mix flour and salt.
•    Slightly melt the butter and mix in with flour mixture.
•    Add water and mix until there are no more clumps of the flour mixture
•    Split dough up evenly into 6 balls
•    Flour a cutting board and rolling pin and roll out a ball until about roughly 12 inches by 8 inches
•    Place a cored apple in the center and fill with raisin/nut mixture
•    Fold the edges over the apple and rub together to seal the edges together
•    Place in large greased baking dish
•    In a sauce pan mix sugar and water over high heat until the sugar is fully dissolved
•    Pour all of the mixture over apples  than sprinkle each with some cinnamon
•    Bake for 40 minutes. 
•    After removing the apples from the oven, sprinkle a little more cinnamon on top and enjoy!

I’ve been wanting to embrace the flavors and scents that remind me of fall, hence all of the apple and cinnamon recipes!