Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

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These apples are topped with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, then wrapped in puff pastry and baked until golden brown. Top them off with a spiced rum caramel glaze before serving.

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

Before you know it, Fall will be upon us.  I have already seen the pumpkin recipes starting in early August!

Don’t get me wrong, I love pumpkin recipes as much as the next girl, but you know what bothers me?  Apple season gets skipped over WAY too quickly.

Apples are one of my favorite fruits, and when they are in season, you can’t help but want to eat them like crazy!  What’s even better? BAKING with them! There is nothing like the scent of apples and spices baking to make your whole kitchen smell heavenly.

Last year, I made this Apple Kuchen.  It became an instant family favorite!

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Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce - An Affair from the Heart

 

It was time again for another Fantastical Food Fight recipe.  What’s that you ask?  It’s a group of bloggers I joined in last month, and every month we have an ingredient or type of food challenge.  Last month is it was ice cream.  I made Lemon Ice Cream, boy was that good!

This month the ingredient is rum, because today is National Rum Day!

I don’t know about you, but when I hear rum my mind instantly goes on vacation.  Sipping something tropical on a beach in Jamaica.  So, initially I thought I would make a cocktail.

 

Brazilian Lemonade aka The Mini Vacation
Brazilian Lemonade aka The Mini Vacation

But a cocktail seemed like I wasn’t challenging myself enough.  Then my mind started working toward something savory.  Nothing was tripping my trigger.  I kept coming back to rum sauces.

I had been wanting to make apple dumplings for a while now, so I figured doing them together would be a win-win situation.

A Little back story??  If you’ve been around a while, you have probably heard me talk about my first job, at Wendy’s. Yep, I was that girl at the counter asking “Will this be for the dining room tonight?” Or taking your drive-thru order.

 Back in the day, Wendy’s had Apple Dumplings.  They were SO GOOD.  I never could figure out whey they did away with them?  I tried to make the ones that use crescent roll dough, they were just okay.  I love using puff pastry, so I decided that was the ticket!

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

You need one sheet of puff pastry, cut into quarters, and 2 Granny Smith apples, cut in half, peeled and cored.  Lay and apple in the center, top with a pat of butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and nutmeg.

Wrap the puff pastry around the apple, and pinch to seal.  Place in a shallow baking dish and brush with melted butter. Bake until golden brown.  While baking prepare your spiced rum caramel sauce.

Melt butter in a saucepan, and add in brown sugar and spiced rum. Whisk while sugar dissolves.  Add in cream and whisk while it thickens.

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

Plate dumpling.  Give yourself a little pat on the back. It’s a perfect little bundle, isn’t it?

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

Give it a nice pour of warm spiced rum caramel sauce.

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

Listen to the angels sing.

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

I took it one better.  I cut into the dumpling, that flaky golden brown outside, and that warm spiced apple inside?  HEAVEN.  Then you know what I did??

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

I filled that warm center with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and a small handful of walnuts, and just a little more of that delicious rum sauce.

 

Yea, baby!

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

Dig in and enjoy.  Every.Single.Bite.

 

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

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Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

These apples are topped with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, then wrapped in puff pastry and baked until golden brown. Top them off with a spiced rum caramel glaze before serving.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce
Servings: 4
Calories: 543kcal
Author: Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

  • For the dumplings:
  • 1 sheet Puff Pastry cut into quarters
  • 2 good sized Granny Smith apples, cut in half, cored and peeled
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 Tablespoon + 4 teaspoons butter
  • For the Rum Sauce:
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Spiced Rum I used Captain Morgan
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • Ice cream and walnuts for serving - optional

Instructions

  • To make the dumplings: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees, and spray a shallow baking dish with non-stick baking spray. Remove one sheet of pastry dough from the freezer, let thaw until it's easy to work with. Roll it out slightly on a floured surface and cut into quarters. Place one of the halved, peeled and cored apples in the center of each quarter. Mix together brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl. Sprinkle over the top of each apple. Top with a teaspoon sized pat of butter. Wrap puff pastry around the apple, and pinch to seal at the top. Place in a shallow baking dish. Melt the Tablespoon of butter and brush over the tops of each apple. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and flaky.
  • To make the Sauce: Melt butter in a saucepan, add to it brown sugar and rum. Whisk while sugar dissolves. Add in heavy cream and whisk while sauce thickens.
  • Pour over warm dumplings and serve.
  • **Can be topped with ice cream and walnuts, if desired.

Notes

Recipes adapted from Taste of Home and Port and Fin

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 543kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 142mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 57g

Apple Dumplings with Spiced Rum Caramel Sauce

 

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25 Comments

  1. I’m not the type who will pick an apple to snack on, other fruits win in this case. However when it comes to baking and desserts apples are my favourite. Love you apple dumplings..puff pastry + apples and a bit of rum= delicious treat.

  2. That looks absolutely fabulous, Michaela! I’m all about fall treats and I’m on pins and needles waiting for summer to officially be over because I NEED ALL THE FALL THINGS! Apple caramel and pumpkin everything 🙂 The walnuts and ice cream on top with the rum sauce – yummmmm!

  3. I agree, there’s not much better than a great apple! I love traveling to Apple Hill near Sacramento in apple season because they have the best apples and your recipe? Totally drooling, the dumpling looks amazing and the rum sauce, WOW!!!

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