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Baby Boy and I are ready for Spring. Both Saturday and Sunday mornings were overcast, but just after lunch the sky cleared and we had a short period of (relatively) warm and pleasant weather. We seized the opportunity and went for walks around town. I love getting out and going for walks, as I spend my work week sitting in front of a computer. Baby Boy enjoys the walks too, babbling away and occasionally blowing raspberries as I talk nonsense back to him. Quality Daddy and Boy time.
We didn’t do too much cooking this weekend. I made our Wild Rice soup Saturday for dinner, and sourdough pizza on Sunday. I also made these delicious Apple Dumplings for today’s Secret Recipe Club reveal. I was assigned Lisa’s blog, Cook Lisa Cook. There were a lot of tasty recipes we had to choose from, including a tasty looking apple pulled pork, but after a long week of work and side work I decided to satisfy my sweet tooth with apple dumplings.
We ate these hot out of the oven – Rachel’s comment upon her first bite “Oh my goodness”. These would go great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 tube refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 granny smith apples
- 1/2 can frozen apple juice concentrate
- 1/4 cup water
- ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Peel and slice your apples into 4 chunks per apple. Wrap each slice in a crescent dough triangle and place in a sprayed (greased) 8x8-inch pan.
- In a bowl melt the butter and then lightly stir in the sugar and vanilla so that the mixture remains grainy. Pour over top of the wrapped apples.
- Spread the frozen apple concentrate over the wrapped apples and pour in the water. Sprinkle with cinnamon and pecans. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Serve hot or at room temperature.
Recipe from: Cook Lisa Cook
What did you cook this weekend?
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These look awesome. I make some similar only instead of water & apple juice I melt butter, sugar and cinnamon. Pour over dumplings then pour 6-8 oz code red mountain dew around the dumplings. Then bake as you do yours above. Sometimes I will put the nuts in with the apples then wrap with crescent rolls. Got to make yours soon.
My friend does a variation like that too and they were delicious! I’m definitely going to try the Mountain Dew next time just to see how it changes it up. Thanks Winnie!
I will have to teach The boy to make that mac/cheese since he loved it so much. Glad you liked my picks. I have changed the URL. Thanks for the headsup.
These dumplings look great. And, yes, Rachel is right. They would be great with a big scoop of Ice Cream!!
mmm you had me at apple! I’m jealous you got to go for a walk. It’s either rainy, snowy, or wet from snow melting as of late SO walks I’m still waiting on.
Was 60 today, going to be 70 tomorrow. Fingers crossed you get some of this nice warm weather up by you!
Oh my, these are SO tasty…I really want to try them! Yum!
Thanks Sara! They were so good!
Oh boy does that ever look comforting. As for what I cooked this weekend, you’ll have to check out my blog. I’ve got a whole lineup of Muddy Buddy goodies coming up.
Mmm I’m loving those muddy buddy oreos you posted yesterday!
Wow, those look pretty awesome! I’ve made something similar before, but instead of apple juice concentrate, we used Sprite. The carbonation makes the dumpling crust extra crispy, which goes soooo well with that yummy sauce created by the apples and all the other stuff. Great SRC pick!
My friend did similar but with Mountain Dew – I’ll have to try Sprite too!
Sorry that it’s taken me so long to comment, I had major computer issues yesterday and am just now back online. I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the apple dumplings, they are such a simple, quick and delicious treat.
They were so good! Thanks Lisa
My word. I haven`t had dumplings in forever. You just reminded me I need them. Now.