Crescent roll apple dumplings are perfect for an after-school snack or dessert. It’s a perfect fall dessert and a great dessert addition to your holiday parties like Thanksgiving or even Christmas. Try this recipe and see how easy it is to create these yummy treats.
Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings
These gorgeous caramel-colored crescent roll apple dumplings are soaking in a caramel-like sauce. They are so easy to make—a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving that won’t take much time at all to prepare.
What I love about these apple dumplings:
- very few ingredients
- easy to make
- the taste is simply delicious and is enjoyed by everyone
- a great fall or holiday dessert
- perfect for all of those apples you picked on your apple-picking trip
FAQs
Make-Ahead and Storage:
How far in advance can I make these apple dumplings?
I wouldn’t know by experience, because they didn’t last 5 minutes on the plate, but in theory…
For ultimate freshness, They should be eaten the day of making them.
To make apple dumplings in advance, you can make the apple dumplings as far as rolling apple slices into a crescent roll and placing them onto a baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. On the day of baking, pour the caramel sauce and lemon-lime soda and bake.
Storing Leftovers: Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days
Reheating Leftovers: Reheat on a plate in the microwave until heated through or cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees until heated through (about 5-10 minutes)
What are the Best apples for Baking?
- Granny Smith
- Honeycrisp
- Pink Lady
Tips and Tricks:
- Pour the caramel sauce directly onto your crescent-rolled apples, but pour your soda pop in between crescent rolls. You don’t want to wash the caramel off of your rolls
- These apple dumplings should really be served while still warm and fresh
- Serve with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream
- You can halve this recipe by cutting the butter, rolls, sugar, soda, and apples in half. Still use the full 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
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Ingredients
- refrigerated crescent rolls
- brown sugar – light or dark. It makes no difference
- vanilla extract – I like to use pure vanilla extract, but imitation is a fine substitute
- lemon-lime soda – I used a can of Sprite, but 7Up, Moutain Dew, or a generic form of lemon-lime would do fine
- apples – Granny Smith are preferred for this recipe
How do you make Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings?
Instructions:
- Butter a 9×11 baking dish
- Unwrap and separate the crescent roll dough
- Peel, core, and slice your Granny Smith apples into wedges
- Place apple slices onto the wide section of each triangle of dough and roll them up around the apple
- Place rolled dumplings seam side down into the baking dish
- In a small saucepan over medium heat make the caramel sauce with butter, brown sugar, and vanilla
- Pour the sauce over the rolls
- Now, pour the lemon-lime soda in between the rolls
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown
- Optional: sprinkle with cinnamon
- Serving Ideas: Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream
How To Make Delicious Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings
A delicious and easy to make fall dessert treat
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35-40 minutes
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 2 dozen 1x
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 2 cans of crescent roll dough
- 1/2 cup of butter (unsalted) – 1 whole stick
- 1&1/2 cup of light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of Sprite or other similar soda
Instructions
- preheat your oven to 350 degrees and butter a 9×11 baking dish
- peel, core, and slice apples into 8 equal wedges
- unroll crescent dough and place an apple slice near the bottom (wide) section
- roll the crescent dough around the apple slice and place seam side down onto the buttered baking dish
- repeat with the rest of the apples and triangle dough pieces
- in a small saucepan, heat the butter until melted
- add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved
- Add vanilla extract and stir in
- pour sauce over crescent rolls – covering every part of them
- pour the Sprite in between rolls – careful to avoid the dough
- Bake for 35-40 minutes
Notes
How far in advance can I make these apple dumplings?
I wouldn’t know by experience, because they didn’t last 5 minutes on the plate, but in theory…
For ultimate freshness, They should be eaten the day of making them.
To make apple dumplings in advance, you can make the apple dumplings as far as rolling apple slices into a crescent roll and placing them onto a baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. On the day of baking, pour the caramel sauce and lemon-lime soda and bake.
Storing Leftovers: Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days
Reheating Leftovers: Reheat on a plate in the microwave until heated through or cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees until heated through (about 5-10 minutes)
What are the Best apples for Baking?
- Granny Smith
- Honeycrisp
- Pink Lady
Tips and Tricks:
- Pour the caramel sauce directly onto your crescent-rolled apples, but pour your soda pop in between crescent rolls. You don’t want to wash the caramel off of your rolls
- These apple dumplings should really be served while still warm and fresh
- Serve with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream
- You can halve this recipe by cutting the butter, rolls, sugar, soda, and apples in half. Still use the full 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
