Bourbon Apple Dumplings
Elegant bourbon apple dumplings with cinnamon sugar apples wrapped in pastry and served with bourbon syrup. Perfect dinner party dessert.
Servings: 3 dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 pie dough store-bought or homemade
- 3 tart apples Granny Smith recommended
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons butter
- Brown sugar for filling
Instructions
- Make pie dough or use store-bought.
- Roll out dough into a long rectangle roughly 7-8 inches wide and 20-24 inches long.
- Cut dough into 3 equal size squares.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Peel and core 3 tart apples.
- Mix 1/4 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Roll each peeled and cored apple in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place cinnamon-sugar coated apple in the center of one pastry square.
- Spoon brown sugar into the apple core.
- Place butter on the brown sugar and sprinkle with a dash of cinnamon.
- Fold up corners of pastry square and seal around the apple.
- Place finished dumplings into a greased 9x9 baking pan.
- Slowly pour bourbon syrup over the dumplings.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes at 375 degrees until dumplings are golden brown.
- Serve warm with ice cream and bourbon syrup drizzled over top.
Notes
For the bourbon syrup, combine 1.5 cups water, 0.5 cup bourbon, 0.75 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1/4 teaspoon mace, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Bring to boil and cook for 2 minutes. Bourbon and apples pair beautifully in this elegant dessert.