Woolworth's Apple Dumpling with Puff Pastry and Vanilla Custard Sauce

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• Vanilla Custard Sauce (yields 1 quart four ounces sauce):
• 16 puff pastry squares
• 16 apples, peeled and cored
• 8 oz sugar
• 1/8 oz cinnamon
• 1 (4 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix
• 8 oz cold milk
• 3/4 quart milk (3 cups)
• 2 oz raisins
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from hungrybrowser.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cut three 10-inch by 15-inch puff pastry's into sixteen 5x5" squares.
You will have two left over. Drain apples. Place one apple in center
of each pastry square. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Place 1/2 ounce mixture into the cored cut-out center of each apple.

Brush edges of pastry with water. Cover apples with puff squares by
lifting up each corner and place one corner on top of the other. Pinch dough with fingers to seal. Place apple dumplings on lightly greased sheet pans with folded corners up. Wash top and sides with egg wash.

Bake 380-400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

Vanilla Custard Sauce (yields 1 quart four ounces sauce):
Dissolve pudding mix in cold milk. Heat remaining 3/4 quart of
milk to 185 degrees . Add pudding mix. Cook and stir until thick, about 8 minutes. Add raisins and vanilla.

Remove from heat. Place in stainless steel pot. Serve warm.
Yield: 1 oz ladles, 24; 1 1/2 oz ladles, 18. You can serve
vanilla custard sauce over bread pudding.