apple dumplings with red hots cinnamon sauce

How To Make apple dumplings with red hots cinnamon sauce

• Step 1
  Peel and hollow out the apples saving the peels in a saucepan with about 2 cups of water
• Step 2
  Mix cinnamon and sugar. This is for filling apples and sauce
• Step 3
  Roll out enough dough to cover 1 apple. Set apple in the center of the dough.
• Step 4
  Place a pat of butter in the apple cavity, top with cinnamon sugar, brown sugar and another pat of butter
• Step 5
  Pull opposite sides of dough up around apple twice to cover apple. Place in pan. Repeat steps 3,4,5 for all apples
• Step 6
  Bake 350 degrees for about an hour until crust is light brown and flaky.
• Step 7
  While apples are baking prepare the sauce: Boil peels until they are mushy, then discard peels
• Step 8
  To the boiling water add 1 cup cinnamon sugar, nutmeg, 2 Tbsp butter, 1/2 bag of red hots. Simmer until candies are melted
• Step 9
  In a small container combine 1/4 cup water and 1 Tbsp cornstarch. Stir completely.
• Step 10
  Add cornstarch mixture SLOWLY to syrup mixture to thicken. You may not need it all.
• Step 11
  When apples are brown and flaky, ladle sauce over apples. Any leftover sauce is great on ice cream, waffles etc.
• Step 12
  Bake another 10 minutes. Serve with ice cream
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