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Easy Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings with Buttery Soda Sauce

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Make comforting, warm apple dumplings quickly using refrigerated crescent roll dough and a simple, sweet, buttery sauce made with soda.

Ingredients

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  • 4 large baking apples (like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
  • 1 package (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 1 cup lemon-lime soda or Mountain Dew
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
  2. Peel, core, and cut each apple into 8 equal wedges.
  3. Unroll the crescent roll dough. Separate the dough into 8 triangles.
  4. Place one apple wedge near the wide end of a dough triangle. Roll the dough tightly around the apple wedge, tucking in the sides if needed to fully enclose the apple. Place the wrapped dumpling, seam-side down, in the prepared baking dish. Repeat with the remaining apples and dough.
  5. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Heat over medium heat, stirring until the butter is melted and the sugars are dissolved. Do not boil.
  6. Pour the hot sauce evenly over the dumplings in the baking dish.
  7. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the apples are tender. Baste the dumplings with the sauce from the bottom of the pan halfway through baking.
  8. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before serving warm, perhaps with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

  • For a Pennsylvania Dutch style, use only white sugar and skip the soda, using water instead for the sauce base.
  • If you do not have soda, you can substitute with an equal amount of water or apple juice for the sauce.
  • Serve these apple dumplings with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for the best experience.

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