Irish desserts, Whiskey cake, Apple dumpling recipe

Delicious Irish desserts are made from the locally grown and produced products from the country. Irish recipes are baked using the locally made whiskey and beer in the Irish whiskey cake and the Guinness cake. Ireland has grown a variety of apples for thousands of years so it is obvious to see so many of the dessert recipes containing these apples like the apple dumplings below.

APPLE DUMPLING RECIPE

• 1 ½ Cups sugar


• ½ Teaspoon nutmeg


• 2 Cups water


• ¼ Cup butter


• 2 ¼ Cups flour


• 2 Teaspoons baking powder


• 1/3 Cup solid shortening


• ½ Teaspoon salt


• ½ Cup milk


• 6 Small apples, peeled and cored


• 1/3 Cup sugar


• ½ Teaspoon cinnamon


• ½ Teaspoon nutmeg


• ¼ Cup finely chopped pecans


• Additional butter

Preheat oven to 375F degrees.

In a saucepan, combine the 1 ½ cups sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon nutmeg and water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the butter and set aside. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the shortening until it is coarse crumbs. Add milk and stir until all is moistened. Mix well and separate dough into 6 pieces. Roll each piece out big enough to wrap around each apple.

Mix together remaining 1/3 cup sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon and ½ teaspoon nutmeg and pecans. Set a prepared apple in the center of each piece of rolled dough. Sprinkle with the sugar mixture and dot with additional butter. Moisten edges of dough with water and wrap around apple, pinching edges to seal.

Place apples in a 9x13 inch lightly greased baking pan and pour syrup over the apples. Bake for 45 minutes or until apples are tender.

Check the links below for more delicious Irish recipes.

• Colcannon recipe


• Corn beef and cabbage


• Guinness cake


• Irish whiskey cake


• Irish cookies


• Irish stew

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