Baked Fruit Dumplings

Recipe View Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 7x11 inch baking dish. (5 minutes)

Recipe View In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar. Cut in the chilled, diced butter using a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (10 minutes)

Recipe View Pour in milk and stir until just combined to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a well-floured surface and gently roll out to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into 6 equal squares. (10 minutes)

Recipe View Place a whole apple in the center of each square. Fill the core of each apple with blueberries. Drizzle with maple syrup. (10 minutes)

Recipe View Pull up the corners of the dough squares and pinch edges together to seal, encasing the apple and blueberry filling. Place the dumplings in the prepared baking dish and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon and nutmeg. (10 minutes)

Recipe View Combine remaining maple syrup with enough water to reach a 1-inch depth in the dish. Add apple peelings, remaining blueberries, and dried orange peel to the liquid. (5 minutes)

Recipe View Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, basting occasionally with the maple syrup mixture, until the dumplings are golden brown and crisp. Serve warm with a generous drizzle of extra maple syrup or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. (45 minutes)