An apple dumpling is a baked or boiled pastry-wrapped apple. To prepare one, an apple is peeled, cored, and sometimes quartered before being placed on a portion of dough; the hollow left by the core may be filled with cinnamon, butter, and sugar, and sometimes dried fruit such as raisins, sultanas, or currants. The dough is then folded over the apple and sealed, and the dumpling is baked until tender, with the sugar and butter forming a sweet sauce as it cooks; a spiced sauce is sometimes poured over it as well. Apple dumplings can be served hot, cold, or at room temperature, and appear on tables as breakfast, dessert, or a main dish.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the earliest documented reference Wikipedia gives, a 1726 complaint about apple dumplings at Oxford; the dish is described as being among the earliest fruit puddings and likely predates this written record by an unknown period. Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the earliest known written recipe for apple dumplings, published in Hannah Glasse's 1747 cookbook, closing the origin period between the earliest documented mention and the first known recipe. Partially Attested
Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountWikipedia gives no single originating-country sentence; England is the earliest-documented setting (an Oxford complaint dated 1726) and the dish is treated as historically English/British throughout the History section, including George Orwell's description of boiled apple dumplings as one of the glories of British cookery. Connections
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WikipediaHistory section
In 1726 Nicholas Amhurst complained about apple dumplings at Oxford
History section, sentence on Hannah Glasse's 1747 cookbook
Two recipes for apple dumplings were published in Hannah Glasse's 1747 cookbook.
- Uses Ingredient: Spice, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, apples, cinnamon, sugar, sometimes dried fruit and spices
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