These Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings will bring back memories of Grandma’s house! Whole apples are wrapped in pastry and baked with plenty of spices and a delicious syrup for a recipe full of nostalgia. At this point, it’s kind of hard to keep track of all of the recipes that I’ve posted throughout the years, but a quick search made me realize I’ve never shared a recipe for Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings, so naturally we had to change that. Stephie loves baking pies from scratch, which might just be one of my least favorite things to bake, so I turned to her for a little help with this old fashioned butter roll since it involves pie dough.
I did not feel like making my own. But I can tell you store-bought pie crust made one heck of an apple dumpling and it was a huge time saver. If homemade pie crust is your thing, I bet it might be even better! Of course I always think of her when I make her recipes, like Pumpkin Crunch Cake and Pumpkin Roll. Unlike Easy Apple Dumplings, these Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings take a little more work but are just as delicious.
When you cut into the baked dumplings, you get the perfect combo of cooked apple, buttery pie crust, and luscious syrup. One bite will make you feel like you’re in your grandma’s kitchen again! Other apples that would work well for these dumplings are pink lady, jonagold or jonathans, and golden delicious. You want a crisp apple that won’t get too mushy after being baked and that has some tartness to offset the sweetness of the sugar and syrup in the recipe.
