Semi Homemade Apple Dumplings
Soft and sweet apples inside a dumpling made from crescent rolls. Lots of delicious spices, mixed with the warm apples and dough. Add some sweet ice cream and you have an amazing and easy sweet treat.
I don’t know what it is, but the mix of a warm pastry with cold ice cream is probably a top three food experience for me. It just makes me feel comfort and joy. Am I strange and think about this stuff way too much? Yes, definitely.
These semi homemade dumplings are a perfect mix of making a really delicious dessert that is impressive but also incredibly easy. I’m talking cutting apples, mixing spices and unrolling Crescent Rolls. Don’t forget the ice cream. It’s a must too.
Check out the easy recipe below and let me know what you think!
Semi Homemade Apple Dumplings
Lolo Home Kitchen | June 2021
Ingredients:
Dumplings:
2 (8 ounce) tubes Crescent Rolls
4 apples, peeled, cored, & cut in quarters
1 1/2 white sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 stick butter, melted
Topping:
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup white sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
Peel, core and cut apples into fourths, set aside. Unroll the Crescent Roll dough out and separate into the perforated triangles.
Place an apple piece at the wide end of the dough triangle and then roll up. Place into the baking dish. Repeat with remaining apple pieces and dough.
In a small saucepan, mix the water and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Heat on medium high, stirring consistently until sugar is dissolved and mixture comes to a boil.
Pour the sugar water over the dumplings in the baking dish followed by pouring the melted butter over the dumplings.
Mix the cinnamon and 1/4 cup of the sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the dumplings.
Bake for 30-35 minutes until top is golden brown.
Serve warm with ice cream!
