Cranberry Apple Dumplings with Crimson Sauce

  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 4

Ingredients

Sauce

  • 1 can (16 ounces) whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1/4 cup orange juice or water
  • 2 tablespoons red cinnamon candies

Pastry

  • 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
  • 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 to 7 tablespoons cold water

Apples

  • 4 small cooking apples (each about 3 inches in diameter), peeled and cored
  • 4 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • Additional sugar, if desired
  • Fresh mint leaves, if desired

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease bottom of jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch, or large cookie sheet with shortening. In 1-quart saucepan, heat cranberry sauce, orange juice and candies over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is hot and candies are melted; remove from heat.
  • 2
    In medium bowl, cut shortening into flour and salt, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary). Roll pastry into rectangle, 18x16 inches. Cut pastry into four 8-inch squares, using pastry cutter or knife. Cut leaves from remaining 2-inch piece of pastry, using small leaf-shape cutter, pastry cutter or knife.
  • 3
    Place apple on each pastry square. Spoon 1 tablespoon cranberry sauce mixture into center of each apple. Sprinkle each apple with 1 teaspoon of the sugar. Moisten corners of pastry squares. Bring 2 opposite corners of pastry up over apple; pinch to seal. Repeat with remaining corners; pinch edges of pastry to seal. Decorate with pastry leaves. Place dumplings in pan. Brush with egg; sprinkle with additional sugar.
  • 4
    Bake about 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender. Garnish each dumpling with mint leaf. Serve warm with remaining sauce mixture.

  • Use Betty Crocker® pie crust mix for the scratch pie crust in this recipe and save time.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
875
Calories from Fat
385
Total Fat
43g
0%
Saturated Fat
11g
0%
Cholesterol
55mg
0%
Sodium
340mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
119g
0%
Dietary Fiber
5g
0%
Protein
8g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
8%
8%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
18%
18%
Exchanges:
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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