Caramel Apple Puff Dumplings

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
• 4 medium cooking apples (golden delicious or jonathan)
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar or 4 tablespoons splenda brown sugar blend
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 teaspoon sugar or 1 teaspoon splenda sugar substitute
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice, for apples in case they start to turn brown
• 1/2 cup prepared caramel ice cream topping
• 1/3 cup toasted chopped pecan halves
• cool whip (optional)
• vanilla ice cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 dumplings:.
• 2 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 3 thaw and unfold puff pastry.
• 4 on lightly floured surface, roll the pastry into a 16" sqaure.
• 5 cut with a knife into 4 equal pieces.
• 6 peel and core cpples.
• 7 trim the bottoms so the apples sit flat.
• 8 place 1 apple in the center of each square.
• 9 use 1/4 teaspoon of lemon juice if apples start to trun brown.
• 10 mix together the brown sugar or brown-sugar splenda, butter or margarine and cinnamon.
• 11 spoon into apples.
• 12 beat the egg and water together in a small bowl.
• 13 moisten the edge of the pastry with the mixture.
• 14 bring the pastry up around the apple, pleating the pastry as needed to form a seal.
• 15 place the dumplings in an ungreased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• 16 brush them with remaining egg mixture, sprinkle with granulated sugar or splenda.
• 17 bake for 35 minutes until golden brown.
• 18 when ready to serve; heat the caramel sauce and the toasted pecans.
• 19 place a warm dumpling on a serving plate and drizzle the sauce over the top.
• 20 garnish with cool-whip or vanilla ice cream, if desired.