These Amish apple dumplings are prepared by our local Mennonite market for the local fruit farm's annual apple picking open house. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Set apples aside in a cold water bath while you prepare the dough.
An apple dumpling is a baked apple with cinnamon enclosed in a flaky crust with delicious homemade caramel syrup. Eat your caramel apple dumplings warm, topped with vanilla ice cream, and savor every delicious bite. They are amazing!
If you’d like smaller dumplings, use only half an apple and less dough. If you’d like a thinner layer of dough around the apples, peel and core two more apples, make 8 dough balls and roll the dough thinner.
Do your best to keep edges from touching. Then, combine the sauce ingredients in a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring it just to a boil, then pour evenly over the apples. Sprinkle the whole dish with the last bit of cinnamon sugar. The apples are baked at 350º for 50 minutes.