Baked Apple Dumplings

By DreiFromBK

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
• 5 tablespoons vegetable shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
• 3/4 cups cold buttermilk
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons golden raisins, chopped
• 4 Golden Delicious apples (see note)
• 2 egg whites, lightly beaten

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from cookscountry.com

Preparation

Step 1

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Snow White's apple dumpling recipe persuaded the Seven Dwarfs to let her stay. If a Disney cartoon character could make apple dumplings worth remembering, surely the modern American cook can.

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1. Make Dough

Process flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in food processor until combined. Scatter butter and shortening over flour mixture and pulse until mixture resembles wet sand. Transfer to bowl. Stir in buttermilk until dough forms. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead briefly until dough is cohesive. Press dough into 8- by 4-inch rectangle. Cut in half, wrap each half tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. In second bowl, combine butter, raisins, and 3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar mixture. Peel apples and halve through equator. Following photos 1 and 2, remove core and pack butter mixture into each apple half.

On lightly floured surface, roll each dough half into 12-inch square. Cut each 12-inch square into four 6-inch squares. Working one at a time, lightly brush edges of dough square with egg white and place apple, cut-side up, in center of each square. Following photo 3, gather dough one corner at a time on top of apple, crimping edges to seal. Using paring knife, cut vent hole in top of each dumpling.

HEATSTROKE

Some apples, such as McIntosh, can't take the heat. They turn into applesauce before the pastry is baked.

Divide the butter mixture among the apple halves, filling the hollows.