Apple Dumplings

This was my first time making apple dumplings and it won't be my last. A fairly straight forward recipe, equal to apple pie, that has plenty of flavour.  

Apple Dumplings

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4 apples peeled, cored and quartered

homemade pie crust for 1 to 2 pies 8 inch pies rolled and cut into squares or triangles, that will wrap around and cover each piece of apple, or use ready made pie crust or 1 to 2 cans ready made refrigerator crescent rolls 

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon rum flavouring

Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC)

Wrap each apple piece in one piece of square or triangle cut pie pastry or the crescent roll.

Place seam side down in an 9x13 baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.

In a medium saucepan combined the butter, caster sugar, brown sugar and orange juice and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk in the ground cinnamon and rum flavouring. Pour over the apple dumplings. 

Bake for 30 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the apples are tender. Spoon sauce over rolls when serving.  

Notes: I chose to make my own pie pastry because I just couldn't bring myself to buy refrigerator crescent rolls. 

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. - JD