Quick & Easy Apple Dumplings

I stumbled on these 5-Star Rated Quick & Easy

Apple Dumplings at Romancing the Home and I’m so glad I did!

Susan’s blog {and store} is a feast for the eyes and taste buds~

You can see her post for Country Apple Dumplings, here.

I decided to pull out my skillets for

Skillet Apple Dumplings~

I was keeping an eagle eye out for recipes for my 6.5-inch Lodge Skillets ~ideal for smaller servings for two people to share or have their own :) Cornbread, Cobbler, Dutch Pancakes, etc.

The ingredients were surprising~

Besides sugar, butter, and cinnamon~ you need 2 cans of refrigerated crescent roll dough, 2 Granny Smith Apples, and last but not least, a 12 oz. bottle or can of Mountain Dew.

To cut down on the sugar I used Diet Mountain Dew which was in the fridge (my husband’s substitute ‘coffee’ for fishing trips :)

I also reduced the amount of sugar called for~ from 1 1/2 cups to 1 cup~ using 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup white.

This recipe makes 16 dumplings, which I cut in half~  requiring only one roll of crescent dough and one apple.

It was plenty sweet with the reduced sugar~

especially with a scoop of

Praline Coastal Crunch Ice Cream on top :)

You can find the recipe for Country Apple Dumplings~

from Allrecipes.com, here.

The directions call for baking in a 9 x 13 pan, but the skillets serve double duty~ to bake and serve~ cutting down on dish duty and ideal for Country Apple Dumplings!

For a single dumpling serving, you could use adorable

3.5-Inch Miniature Skillets!

Or dress it up for company in a pretty dish~

scoop and serve while warm or after reheating.

Add vanilla ice cream~ Praline Coastal Crunch

has a caramel ribbon swirled

through the vanilla, with Praline Pecans.

Who would have guessed that Mountain Dew, apples, and crescent roll dough would make such a delicious little dumpling?

Thank you Susan for turning us onto these~

Apple Pie need not apply :)

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