Easy, flavorful and an delicious dessert these Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings have only 8 ingredients and are quick to whip up, the perfect Fall dessert recipe!
When it comes to loving fall recipes these Apple Dumplings have to be one of my favorite things to bake with apples.
They are easy, tasty and full of fall flavor that you really cant resist. Even kids love them. I’m a dumpling person and if you want to try another version, you’ll have to check out my Strawberry Dumplings as well.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- With easy ingredients these Apple Dumplings are quick and easy to whip up and take minimal effort.
- The soda/pop in this recipe creates a delicious sauce that goes well with the flavors of the apples.
- You can use any type of apple you have on hand, if you have an apple tree this is the perfect recipe to use up all those apples.
I gravitate towards easy dessert recipes and this one has been in my family for many years. We make it every fall because we always have an overabundance of apples.
They puff up nicely, create a delicious cinnamon sugar crust on top and amazing served with a topping of ice cream.
Besides pumpkin recipes for fall, apple ones have to be the best. Some of my other favorite apple recipes include: Caramel Apple Crisp, Cinnamon Apple Turnovers and this Caramel Apple Pie Cheesecake!
HOW TO MAKE APPLE DUMPLINGS, STEP BY STEP:
Preheat your oven to 350.
Unroll your crescent rolls out and in a bowl mix together 1/4 cup of your sugar and cinnamon. Then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over your crescent rolls, you will not use all of it, just enough to cover rolls (Photos 1 & 2).
Add an apple to each of your rolls and roll up starting with the wider end and ending with the pointed end, then place in a 9″x13″ baking dish in 2 rows of 8 each (Photos 3-5).
In sauce pan over medium heat, melt your butter, once your butter is melted add in your sugar, brown sugar and vanilla or vanilla extract and mix until combined, it will be grainy (Photos 6 & 7).
Remove the mixture from heat and pour over your crescent rolls, then pour your lemon lime pop/soda around the sides and down center of rolls and then sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture (Photos 8-11).
Place in oven and bake for about 40 minutes until rolls are puffed up and golden, remove and let cool slightly to let the sauce thicken.
WHAT APPLES ARE BEST FOR DUMPLINGS?
While any apples will work for Apple Dumplings some of my favorite that we have used that work well are Jonagold, Honeycrisp, Braeburn and Pink Lady.
But like I said, any apples really are great, you just want to find ones that are good for baking with, that are sweet and can be tart.
HOW TO STORE APPLE DUMPLINGS:
Apple dumplings can be stored for up to 2 days covered at room temperature. To store longer, cover and refrigerate for an additional 2-3 days.
To reread, just place your oven on warm and stick them in there until they warm up, of you can take a few individual ones and place them in the microwave and heat for about 30-60 seconds until warmed.
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MAKING APPLE DUMPLINGS:
- When mixing together your butter and sugar mixture, you want it to be grainy so do not bring to a boil.
- If you can’t find crescent rolls, you can also use refrigerated biscuits as well.
- We have used vanilla paste in the past, but you can also use vanilla extract which is easier to find, substitute 1:1.
- Make sure to let cool slightly, the sauce will thicken as it sits and that is what you want.
- Optional but highly encouraged to serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
- Try to not pour your soda/pop over the tops of the biscuits themselves, pour around the edges.
If you want a tasty apple recipe this Apple Dumpling recipe is just what you need, easy, delicious and filling!
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Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ct) crescent rolls
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 apples , peeled, cored and sliced into 8 pieces each
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
- 12 oz lemon lime pop
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Roll your crescent rolls out and mix together your 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle about 1-2 Tbs of cinnamon sugar over crescent rolls.
- Place one apple piece on the long end and roll up.
- Place in 2 rows of 8 in a 9"x13" baking dish, set aside.
- In a sauce pan over medium high heat, melt your butter.
- Once butter is melted add in your sugars and vanilla and just stir until it combines, you want it to be grainy.
- Remove from heat and pour over your crescent rolls.
- Pour your lemon lime pop around the sides of the rolls and then sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for about 40 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly so sauce thickens.
- Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
Notes
- When mixing together your butter and sugar mixture, you want it to be grainy so do not bring to a boil.
- If you can't find crescent rolls, you can also use refrigerated biscuits as well.
- We have used vanilla paste in the past, but you can also use vanilla extract which is easier to find, substitute 1:1.
- Make sure to let cool slightly, the sauce will thicken as it sits and that is what you want.
- Optional but highly encouraged to serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
- Try to not pour your soda/pop over the tops of the biscuits themselves, pour around the edges.
Nutrition
Tornadough Alli is not a nutritionist or dietitian, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and nutritional value is important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and values can vary depending on which brands were used.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JUNE 2017
Becky Hardin
The perfect fall dessert!!! So good and so easy to make.
Billy
This is one of the easiest to make and most delicious desserts I’ve ever made. Thank you for a great recipe!
Lauren Kelly
These look so incredible! I want to make them this weekend for my kids!
Stephanie
The steps were easy to follow and the dumplings turned out great! Excellent recipe!
Aimee
Love these! Sweet and rich, gooey and so delicious!
Ann Nicole
Absolutely INCREDIBLE! I’d rather have this than pie any day! My apples came out a little Al dente but after leaving them in the oven a while on the keep warm setting they were perfect. We had with ice cream! PEFECTION! Excellent recipe! Thanks!
Tornadough Alli
Woo-hoo! We adore this recipe so much, one of our must makes every fall!
Lynnette
Is there a non carbonated substitute for the lemon lime pop/soda?
Tornadough Alli
Hi Lynnette, unfortunately I can’t think of any non carbonated substitutes that would work or give it the same flavor. You can try with maybe a lemonade of sorts and see if it works but I have never tried anything besides pop.
Jared
These look great. I’m going to try them this weekend! Any certain apples that you are using?
Melissa @ Served Up With Love
Simply the best!
Gail Carson
They look
absolutely delicious and I can’t wait to make them but, what is vanilla paste and can it be substituted with vanilla extract?
Tornadough Alli
Hey Gail! Vanilla paste is just a thicker extract with vanilla beans specks in it. You can substitute with exactly the same amount of vanilla extract.
Lisa G.
These look so delicious, I will have to try them very soon!
Abby
YUM…. so are you talking, 7-up.. sprite, etc.?? can’t wait to make this
Tornadough Alli
Hey Abby! Yup 7up, Sprite and I used mountain dew but didn’t want to advertise a certain branding.