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HELP! I am going insane trying to find it~~!! I am Looking for a specific apple dumpling recipe I saw…?

Hey everyone. I hope someone can help me, though I tihnk it is a long shot for sure. I am looking for an apple dunpling recipe that I saw in the past few days. Problem is, I can’t remember where I saw it. I am hoping that someone who frequents the same websites (and magazines) that I do can help. I was online (or maybe reading a magazine – you know how tricky memory is!) and I saw a picture of pretty baked, stuffed, apples wrapped in pastry- very rustic looking! I think it is either from the Martha, Food and wine, or epicurious website, but could be from somewhere like that. Has anyone seen this recipe in the past few days and can point me to where it was pictured. Thanks SO much in advance!

This recipe is pretty close to the one my grandfather used, except for the brandy and the creme at the end. It’s an old one from Food Network..*I forgot my grandpas recipe and this was the closest I found.*

Apple Nutmeg Dumplings

Ingredients:
Pastry
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 egg yolk
3 tbsp water or milk
Filling
6 small apples such as Macintosh or Spy
6 tbsp sugar (1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
dash cloves
1/2 cup raisins
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
2 tbsp brandy
Syrup
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 tbsp butter
Crème Anglaise
1 cup half and half cream
1/2 vanilla bean, or 1 tsp vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
2 1/2 tbsp sugar

To Assemble
APPLE NUTMEG DUMPLINGS: Preheat oven to 375° F. To prepare pastry, combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until the texture of coarse meal. Add egg yolk and water and blend just until dough comes together. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 15 minutes.
While pastry is chilling, prepare filling. Peel and core apples. Mix ¼ cup sugar with ½ tsp cinnamon, nutmeg and dash of cloves. Dip apples in mixture to coat. In a separate bowl, combine raisins with breadcrumbs, remaining 2 Tbsp sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon and brandy.
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle ¼-inch thick, about 20 by 12 inches. Trim edges of dough and cut into 6 squares. Place an apple in the center of each square and fill middle of apple with raisin filling. Wet edges of pastry squares and bring corners up to meet at top of apple and cinch together. Place dumplings in an ungreased baking dish (quite close together).
To prepare syrup, bring water, sugar and spices to a simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter (this can be prepared ahead of time). Pour over dumplings. Bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown on top. Serve warm.
VARIATION: In Step #3 above, before placing dumplings in ungreased baking dish, you can use excess pastry to cut leaf shapes and stems and place over dumplings as garnish – secure with water. Serve warm, drizzled with Crème Anglaise(recipe follows).
Crème Anglaise
Bring cream with scraped seeds of vanilla bean to just below a simmer. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar. Gently whisk cream into egg mixture and return to pot. With a wooden spoon over medium-low heat, stir sauce until it coats the back of a spoon, about 4 minutes. Strain and chill.
Yield: 1 1/3 cups.

This recipe is pretty close to the one my grandfather used, except for the brandy and the creme at the end. It’s an old one from Food Network..*I forgot my grandpas recipe and this was the closest I found.*

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