Categories: Fruit Desserts

Ingredients

• Pastry for Two-crust Pie
• 6 baking apples (each about 3 inches in diameter), pared and cored
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 3 Tbsp. Chopped Dates or cut-up Pitted Dates
• 2 Tbsp. chopped nuts
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. milk
• Caramel Date Fluff:
• 1 cup chilled whipping cream
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped or cut-up pitted dates.

Directions

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. prepare pastry as directed except-roll one half into 14-inch circle. with pastry wheel, cut circle into three equal wedges, Repeat with remaining pastry.

2. Place apple on each wedge. mix brown sugar, dates, nuts, nutmeg and cinnamon; fill center of each apple. Moist edges of pastry; fold pastry up over apples and prick tops.

3. Place dumplings in ungreased baking dish, 11 1/2 × 71/2 × 1 1/2 inches. Blend egg and milk; brush over pastry.

4. Bake about 40 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm or cool topped with Caramel Date Fluff. If desired, garnish with walnut-stuffed dates.

5. Caramel Date Fluff: In chilled bowl, beat whipping cream, brown sugar and vanilla until stiff. Fold in 1/2 cup Chopped dates or cut-up pitted dates.

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