Country Apple Dumplings
These country apple dumplings are so easy and a can of mountain dew makes all the difference. They are the kind of treat that always impresses whether its teenagers or your grown up lady friends. We even use them as part of our A is for apple preschool unit in September.
Servings: 16 dumplings
Ingredients
- 2 large Granny Smith apples peeled and cored
- 2 10 oz. cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 12 oz can Mountain Dew ™
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside.
- Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles.
- Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end.
- Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon.
- Pour butter over the apple dumplings.
- Pour Mountain Dew™ over the dumplings.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
Notes
- I only had red apples. I peeled and cored them and they were perfect, but green apples are the best!
- I had some of that Walmart brand peach lemonade in the fridge. It was flat but worked just the same. I think you could use apple or orange juice as well. I’ve also made it with 7up or Sprite before.
- It is hard to get all 16 of the dumplings into one 9×13. They do poof up and will touch each other if you try to put them all in one pan. So, I usually split them between 2 pans so they are prettier when you serve them. That’s important after all!
- I also served it with ice cream, but french vanilla cool whip would be yummy too. Or, they are super rich just by themselves.
- Of course, served with coffee or a cold glass of milk for breakfast is a nice treat too.