Categories: Fruit Desserts
Ingredients
- Pastry for Two-crust Pie
- 6 baking apples (each about 3 inches in diameter), pared and cored
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 3 Tbsp. Chopped Dates or cut-up Pitted Dates
- 2 Tbsp. chopped nuts
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. milk
- Caramel Date Fluff:
- 1 cup chilled whipping cream
- 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped or cut-up pitted dates.
Directions
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Heat oven to 425 degrees. prepare pastry as directed except-roll one half into 14-inch circle. with pastry wheel, cut circle into three equal wedges, Repeat with remaining pastry.
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Place apple on each wedge. mix brown sugar, dates, nuts, nutmeg and cinnamon; fill center of each apple. Moist edges of pastry; fold pastry up over apples and prick tops.
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Place dumplings in ungreased baking dish, 11 1/2 × 71/2 × 1 1/2 inches. Blend egg and milk; brush over pastry.
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Bake about 40 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm or cool topped with Caramel Date Fluff. If desired, garnish with walnut-stuffed dates.
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Caramel Date Fluff: In chilled bowl, beat whipping cream, brown sugar and vanilla until stiff. Fold in 1/2 cup Chopped dates or cut-up pitted dates.