Apple Dumpling Bake Recipe

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"I received this recipe from a friend of mine, then tweaked it to suit my family's tastes," says Chris Shields of Monrovia, Indiana. Mountain Dew is the "secret" ingredient in this rich apple dessert that's a snap to make.

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Apple Dumpling Bake Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 35 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

10 35 45

Ingredients

2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
2 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup Mountain Dew soda
Ground cinnamon
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

Unroll crescent rolls and separate dough into 16 triangles. Cut each apple into eight wedges. Wrap a crescent dough triangle around each apple wedge. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
In a bowl, combine sugar and butter; sprinkle over rolls. Slowly pour the soda around the rolls (do not stir). Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream. Yield: 16 dumplings.

Nutritional Facts 2 apple dumplings (calculated without ice cream) equals 413 calories, 20 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 504 mg sodium, 54 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Apple Dumpling Bake in Quick Cooking January/February 2004, p53