Description
Make simple, comforting apple dumplings using store-bought crescent roll dough and a rich brown sugar syrup.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 medium apples (like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
- 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Peel, core, and slice the apples into thick wedges.
- Unroll the crescent roll dough. Cut each triangle in half crosswise to create smaller rectangles.
- Place one apple wedge on the wide end of a dough piece. Roll the dough around the apple to fully enclose it. Pinch the seams closed.
- Place the wrapped apple dumplings, seam-side down, in the prepared baking dish.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar, water, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Boil for 1 minute.
- Pour the hot syrup evenly over the apple dumplings in the baking dish.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the apples are tender.
- Let the dumplings cool slightly before serving warm, spooning extra syrup over each one.
Notes
- Serve these warm apple dumplings with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
- If you prefer a tangier filling, sprinkle a small amount of lemon juice over the apples before wrapping them in dough.
- You can substitute half the water in the syrup with lemon-lime soda for a slightly different flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 dumpling
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 55
- Sodium: 250
- Fat: 24
- Saturated Fat: 15
- Unsaturated Fat: 9
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 60
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 60