Instant Pot Apple Dumplings
Recipe, video and photography provided by Heinen’s partner, Chef Billy Parisi.
Gone are the days of baking for hours only to enjoy a short few minutes of apple dumpling goodness. Chef Billy Parisi’s apple dumplings are made-from-scratch and reach golden perfection in just 10 minutes.
Instant Pot Apple Dumplings
Servings: 6
Ingredients
For the Filling
- 2 each organic Granny Smith and Fuji apples, peeled, cored and large diced
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted melted butter
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- ¼ cup pecans, chopped
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
For the Dough
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of salt
For the Sauce
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup apple cider
Instructions
For the Filling
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the filling ingredients and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
For the Dough
- Add the flour, butter and salt to a food processor and pulse until the butter is the size of rice.
- Slowly drizzle in the water until the dough forms a meal.
- Transfer the dough to a clean surface dusted with flour and roll out to 12”x18”.
- Evenly cut the dough into 4 squares.
- Evenly add the apple filling to the center of each piece of dough and bring up the ends of the dough and pinch to form a pouch. Set aside.
For the Sauce
- Add the brown sugar and butter to an Instant Pot set to the saute function and cook until completely melted.
- Add in the apple dumpling pouches right on top of the sauce and pour in the apple cider.
- Cook on pressure cook for 10 minutes. Make sure it is sealed.
- Release the seal valve, remove the top and serve with ice cream.
