CRESCENT ROLL APPLE DUMPLINGS

 

Ingredients

• 2 

  Granny Smith apples

• 2 

  (8-oz.) cans crescent rolls

• 1 cup 

  butter, plus more for greasing

• 1 1/2 cups 

  sugar

• 1 tsp. 

  vanilla extract

• 1 

  (12-oz.) can Mountain Dew soda (OR SPRITE)

• 1 tsp. 

  cinnamon

1. 1Preheat the oven 350°F. Butter a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.
2. 2Peel and core the apples. Cut each apple in half vertically, then each half into 4 wedges. 
3. 3Working quickly while cold, unroll the crescent dough sheets on a lightly floured surface and separate the perforated dough into 16 triangles. Place one apple wedge on the wide base of a triangle and roll the apple toward the pointed end of the triangle, allowing the dough to overlap and wrap around the apple. Continue with the remaining apples and crescent rolls. Place in the prepared baking dish. 
4. 4In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sugar and barely stir to create a lumpy, grainy mixture. Add the vanilla and barely stir again. Pour the mixture over the wrapped apples. Pour the Mountain Dew soda around the edges of the pan and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake until the dumplings are golden brown and crispy on top, 30 to 45 minutes. 
5. 5Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sauce from the pan over the top.