5-Ingredient Apple Dumplings

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🍎 5-Ingredient Apple Dumplings (Super Easy & Cozy)

Ingredients

  • 2 large apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp), peeled & cut into 8 wedges each
  • 1 can (8-count) refrigerated crescent roll dough
  • 1 cup apple juice or lemon-lime soda (like Sprite)
  • ½ cup butter (1 stick), melted
  • ½ cup sugar (granulated or brown sugar both work)

(Optional but amazing: ½ tsp cinnamon — doesn’t count toward ingredients!)

Instructions

1. Prep

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Grease a 9×13 baking dish lightly.

2. Wrap the apples

  1. Separate crescent roll dough into triangles.
  2. Wrap one apple slice inside each dough piece, starting at the wide end and rolling up.
  3. Place dumplings seam-side down in the baking dish.

3. Make the syrup

  1. In a bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar (plus cinnamon if using).
  2. Spoon or pour this mixture evenly over the wrapped apples.

4. Add the liquid

  • Pour apple juice (or lemon-lime soda) around the dumplings — not on top of them.
    This creates the magical caramel sauce!

5. Bake

  • Bake 35–40 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the sauce is bubbling.

6. Serve

Serve warm with:

  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Whipped cream
  • Extra caramel drizzle

The bottoms will be saucy and caramel-like, while the tops stay crisp — perfection!

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