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Country Apple Dumplings Recipe

The secret ingredient in this apple dumplings recipe is Mountain Dew!

Ingredients:

2 large Fuji apples, peeled and cored

2 (10oz.) cans of refrigerated crescent roll dough

1 cup butter

1-1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 (12 fluid oz.) can or bottle of Mountain Dew

baked country dumplings in dish

How to make Country Apple Dumplings

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13″x9″ baking dish.

Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.

Melt butter in a small suacepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Pour over the apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew over the dumplins.

Bake for 35-45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

About Julee Morrison

Julee Morrison is an author and writer with over 35 years of experience in parenting and family recipes. She’s the author of four cookbooks: The Instant Pot College Cookbook, The How-To Cookbook for Teens, The Complete Cookbook for Teens, and The Complete College Cookbook.Available on Amazon,

Her work has appeared in The LA Times, Disney’s Family Fun Magazine, Bon Appétit, Weight Watchers Magazine, All You, Scholastic Parent & Child, and more.

Her article "My Toddler Stood on Elvis' Grave and Scaled Over Boulders to Get to a Dinosaur" appeared on AP News, and her parenting piece “The Sly Way I Cured My Child's Lying Habit” was featured on PopSugar.

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