Name: Classic Apple Dumplings Recipe
Total time: 1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for double-crust pie; 6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored; 0.5 cup butter; 0.75 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 3 cups water; 2 cups white sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan with butter.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry into a 24x16 inch rectangle. Cut the rectangle into six 8-inch squares. Place one apple on each square, ensuring the cored opening faces upwards.
Cut the butter into 8 equal pieces. Place 1 piece of butter into the core of each apple, and set aside the remaining butter for the sauce.
Evenly distribute the brown sugar among the apples, pushing some inside the core of each apple and sprinkling the remainder around the base. Evenly sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over each apple.
Moisten your fingertips with water. Fold one corner of the pastry over the top of the apple, then fold the opposite corner over and press to seal. Repeat this process with the remaining two corners, pinching the dough at the sides to fully enclose the apple. Repeat with remaining apples and then transfer them to the prepared baking dish.
In a large saucepan, mix together water, white sugar, vanilla extract, and the reserved butter. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved, approximately 5 minutes.
Carefully pour the sauce evenly over the prepared dumplings.
Bake in the preheated oven until the pastry turns golden brown and becomes crispy, approximately 50 to 60 minutes.
Serve each apple dumpling in a bowl, generously spooning sauce over the top.

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