A s someone who's always on the hunt for easy, crowd-pleasing desserts, I've scrolled past Ree Drummond's apple dumpling ...

Our apple dumpling recipe doesn't skimp on any of the good stuff either. We're talking a simple homemade pastry, tender and tempting apples, and a bonus custard sauce for added sweetness.

In the book "Knödelreich" by Brandstätter-Verlag, which contains treasures of Austrian dumpling culture, a sweet recipe provides a remedy for using up leftovers.

A Taste of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine" by chef and restaurateur Eric Cook, it didn't take long to find a half-dozen ...

Flatten to ½ cm thick, place a teaspoon of apple compote (but no liquid ... tray and repeat with remaining dough and compote. Blanch dumplings very gently in a large saucepan of barely simmering ...

Top with a butter half. Pull opposite corners of crescent sheet up and around apple. Sheet is stretchy so pull seams together and pinch hard to seal. Neatly bunch excess over the top of the butter.

This story has been updated to correct the year Gail Goodhart made apple dumplings for her father-in-law. It all started when Gail Goodhart’s father-in-law asked her to make him six apple ...

For a great read, check out LNP | LancasterOnline correspondent Laura Knowles’ recent profile of Maytown's Gail Goodhart and her Apple Dumpling Gang ... be forewarned, make you very hungry.