Recipe: Apple Dumplings (5)

hi. couldn't find any steamed, but had several recipes that were for baked apple dumplings. maybe you can use one of these & steam instead of baking them. hope they help!

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APPLE DUMPLINGS

8 lg. apples
Double crust pie dough
Cinnamon
Butter
Brown sugar
Raisins
Chopped nuts
SYRUP:
2 c. water
1 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
Sugar

Peel and core apples. Prepare dough, roll out, cut in 8 pieces. Set an apple on each piece of dough. Fill core with mixture of sugar, raisins and chopped nuts. Top with a slice of butter and a dash of cinnamon. Fold dough around apple, lapping ends at top. Put dumplings in baking dish. Prepare syrup by heating water, butter, sugar in small saucepan until well blended. Pour syrup over apple dumplings. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and let sit 10 minutes. Pour syrup over each. Serve warm or cold with cream.

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APPLE DUMPLINGS

6 apples (Northern Spy or Roman Beauty)
1 1/2 (9 1/2 to 11 oz.) pkg. pie crust mix
3 tbsp. butter, softened
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. dark raisins
2 tbsp. chopped walnuts
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. lemon juice
HARD SAUCE:
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/4 c. 10X sugar

Make pastry; form into 8-inch round. In small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons butter, sugar, raisins, walnuts and cinnamon; blend with fork. Core apples and pare and brush with lemon juice. Fill hollow with raisin mixture. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a shallow 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch pan. Divide pastry into 6 parts. Roll each into a square and place apple in the center, brushing edges with water. Bring each corner to top of apple. Re-roll trimming 1/4 inch thick. With knife, cut out 24 leaves, pressing in top of dumplings. Put clover in center. Arrange in pan. Brush with egg yolk mixed with 1 tablespoon water. Bake 40 minutes brushing with juice once. With broad spatula, remove. Cream butter until light. Add vanilla and 10X sugar. Beat until smooth. Brush on top.

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APPLE DUMPLINGS

2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. shortening
5 tbsp. milk
6 med. apples (tart and juicy)
1 c. sugar
2 c. water
3 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Raisins
Brown sugar

Sift together flour and salt. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender. Add milk one tablespoon at a time. Form into a ball. Roll out into a rectangle. Cut into six equal squares. Pare and core apples. Fill cavities of apples with brown sugar and raisins and sprinkle with cinnamon. Place apples on pastry square and bring together opposite corners. Place in baking dish. Boil sugar, water, butter and cinnamon. Pour syrup over apples. Bake at 425 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.

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APPLE DUMPLINGS

Pastry for 9 in. 2 crust pie
3 tbsp. raisins
3 tbsp. chopped nuts
1 c. water
6 baking apples, pared and cored
2 c. brown sugar, packed in cup

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry as directed, except roll 2/3 of dough into 14 inch square. Cut into 4 squares. Roll remaining dough into rectangle, 14 x 7 inch. Cut into 2 squares. Place apple on each square. Mix raisins and nuts; fill center of each apple. Moisten corners of squares; bring 2 opposite corners of pastry up over apple and press together. Fold in sides of remaining corners (as if wrapping a package); bring corners up over apple and press together. Place dumplings in ungreased baking dish, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch. Heat brown sugar and water to boiling, carefully pour around dumplings. Spoon syrup over dumplings 2 or 3 times during baking; bake about 40 minutes or until crust is golden and apples are tender. Serve warm or cool, if desired. Top with sweetened whipped cream. 6 servings.

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APPLE DUMPLINGS

15 oz. pkg. Pillsbury all-ready pie
crusts
4 sm. baking apples
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. raisins
1 egg
1 tsp. water
SAUCE:
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. water
2 tbsp. margarine
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Allow 1 crust pouch to sit at room temperature 15 to 20 minutes. Unfold pie crusts, peel off plastic sheets. Cut crust into fourths. From curved edge of each pastry piece, cut a leaf shape to use as garnish. Place an apple in center of each pastry piece. In small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and raisins, spoon 1/4 mixture into apple cavity. Bring sides of pastry piece up to top of apples, press edges to seal. Garnish with pastry leaf. Place in ungreased 9-inch square baking pan. Repeat with remaining apples. In small bowl, beat together egg and 1 teaspoon water. Brush over dumplings. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil, continue boiling for 2 minutes. Pour over partially baked dumplings. Bake for an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown and apples are tender. Spoon sauce over dumplings several times during baking.