Warm and comforting Apple Dumpling Skillet baked in a sweet and gooey brown butter sauce. Top with ice cream for a delicious fall dessert!
Apple Dumplings are gooey and sweet with a little tang from the apples. Peeled apple chunks are wrapped in a flaky pie crust and covered in a sweet sauce that thickens once baked.
This Apple Dumpling recipe is made in a skillet, but you could also use a pie pan or 9×9 pan. It’s an easy fall recipe that would be so fun to make with little helpers!
What you need to make this Brown Butter Apple Dumpling Skillet
Apples – the tangier apple the better, but any apple will work! Make sure they are very large.
Butter – butter is used in the dough as well as the brown butter sauce. Salted or unsalted will work.
Flour – all purpose flour is used in the dough.
Sugar – brown sugar and granulated white sugar are needed.
Milk – milk is needed to make the dough. I always use whole milk when baking, but I’m sure any kind will work!
Cinnamon – cinnamon is used to make the sauce, don’t skip it!
Keep scrolling to find a full list of the ingredients , measurements, and directions.
Brown Butter Apple Dumpling Skillet is such an easy fall dessert that requires minimal ingredients you most likely already have on hand.
Have you made it? I’d love to hear what you thought of this recipe in the comments.
Brown Butter Apple Dumpling Skillet
Ingredients
- 2 tangy apples like Granny Smith very large
- vanilla ice cream for serving
Dumpling Dough
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, cut into small pieces very cold
- 5-6 tbsp whole milk
For the sauce
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅔ cup brown sugar not packed
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract optional
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
for the dough
- Stir together the flour, sugar and salt in a medium size bowl. Use a pastry cutter or 2 forks to cut the butter into the flour until well incorporated and no large chunks of butter remain.
- Add 5 tbsp of milk and stir. If the dough is still crumbly and not coming together, add the remaining tbsp of milk. Divide the dough into 8 equal balls and place in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Peel and core each apple and cut each into 4 equal slices. On a floured surface, Roll out a piece of dough into a thin circle. Place an apple slice into the center and wrap the dough around the apple, pinching to seal.
- Repeat with remaining dough and apple slices. Place each dumpling into a 10 inch skillet or 9 inch pie plate. Set aside in the fridge or freezer while you make the sauce and preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
To make the sauce
- Add the butter to a small saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, swirl the pan frequently until the butter turns medium brown and smells toasty.
- Add the sugars, water, vanilla and cinnamon. Stir. Bring to a boil and let boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and pour over the dumplings.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and spoon some of the sauce over the dumplings. Return to the oven and bake another 10 minutes.
- Serve apple dumplings hot with ice cream and top with more brown butter sauce.
