How to Make Apple Dumplings (and How to Fail) - California Grown

Ingredients

• 4 premade 9” pie crusts, from 2 boxes (thawed) (or 16”x16” rolled out pie dough, cut into 8”x8” squares)
• 4 large Granny Smith apples, (peeled and cored, approximately 222 grams)
• 1 cup date caramel,
• ¼ cup California raisins, (packed and heaping)
• ¼ cup brown sugar, (packed)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup walnuts, (toasted )
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons salted butter
• 2 tablespoons Temecula Olive Oil Co. Vanilla & Date Balsamic Vinegar
• 1 egg, (beaten)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 cup date caramel
• vanilla ice cream or whipped cream ((optional))