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Warm apple dumpling served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and brown sugar sauce.
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Easy Apple Dumplings

These easy apple dumplings wrap cinnamon sugar apples in flaky crescent rolls and bake them with butter, brown sugar and Sprite for the most incredible gooey sauce. They’re golden and crisp on top, caramel-y underneath and absolutely begging for a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: 500+ Best Dessert Recipes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple dumpling recipe, apple dumplings, crescent roll apple dumplings, easy apple dumplings
Servings: 16
Author: Carrian Cheney

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Salted Butter (2 sticks), plus more for greasing the pan
  • 2 Apples Granny Smith or Honeycrisp, peeled and sliced thin*
  • 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Flour
  • 2 Cans Roll Dough refrigerated crescent
  • 1 ½ Cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Soda Pop Sprite or 7 Up, we prefer Sprite
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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven at 350 ℉.
  • Take one stick of the butter, and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
    1 Cup Salted Butter
  • Place remaining butter and the other stick of butter in a microwave safe bowl.
    1 Cup Salted Butter
  • Peel and core apples, then cut apples into 16 thin slices.
    2 Apples
  • Toss the apples in a large bowl with the cinnamon sugar and flour.
    2 Tablespoons Cinnamon Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Flour
  • Pat out each crescent triangle a little bigger.
    2 Cans Roll Dough
  • Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll and place in a buttered dish.
  • Melt the butter.
  • Stir in brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
    1 ½ Cups Brown Sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, 1 ½ teaspoons Cinnamon
  • Pour over the tops of all the dumplings.
  • Pour the soda in the middle and along the edges of a pan(not over the rolls!!)
    1 Cup Soda Pop
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until they become golden brown.
  • Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream or alone.

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Notes

*When prepping the apples, it’s important that you slice them quite thinly. If the apple slices are too thick, they won’t bake fully in the oven and your dumplings won’t have that classic apple pie-esque filling. 
Store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1dumpling | Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 367IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 0.2mg