Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe

Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe made with granny smith apples, crescent rolls dough, brown sugar, and lemon-lime soda. So easy and so delicious!

Looking for more easy dessert recipes? I think you’ll love my Peach Cobbler, Chewy Sugar Cookies, and Monkey Bread.

My sister introduced me to this easy apple dumpling recipe many years ago. It only takes a few minutes to prepare and yet bakes into an amazing, buttery, delicious dessert. Her recipe is packed with delicious tart apples wrapped in store-bought crescent rolls. The rolls are topped with lemon-lime soda and a quick and easy homemade sauce that bakes into a buttery caramel sauce perfect for spooning on top of the dumplings.

Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe

Ingredients

For this recipe, you’ll need the following simple ingredients.

• Apples: I love to use granny smith apples. You can substitute with your favorite baking apples such as Braeburn, Rome, and Fuji.
• Crescent Rolls: You’ll use store-bought crescent roll dough to wrap the apple slices.
• Butter: Used to make the caramel sauce and to butter the baking dish.
• Brown Sugar: Used to make the homemade sauce the dumplings are baked in and then spooned over the dumplings.
• Sugar: Used to make the sauce for the dumplings.
• Lemon-Lime Soda: Used to soak the apples before wrapping in the Crescent Rolls Dough to prevent browning and for baking the dumplings.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Prep. Preheat oven to 375º F. Butter 9×13 baking dish and set aside. Place the baking dish on a baking sheet and set aside. Pour lemon-lime soda into a medium bowl.

Prepare the dumplings. Peel and slice each apple into six equal slices. Add apple slices to the lemon-lime soda bowl to prevent the apples’ browning. Wrap each apple slice in a wedge of crescent roll dough. Place into the prepared baking dish. Repeat until all apple slices have been prepared. Pour the lemon-lime soda over the dumplings.

Make the caramel sauce. Melt butter and sugars in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until dissolved. Pour over the dumplings.

Bake and serve. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, about 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let set for 10 minutes before serving. Spoon caramel sauce over the top of the apple dumplings.

How to Store Easy Apple Dumplings

To store: Bake as directed and cool completely. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap or transfer any leftovers to an airtight container. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Delicious served cold or reheat and serve warm.

Variations:

Smaller Size Recipe: The recipe is written to serve 12. To reduce the recipe size to serve 6, divide the ingredients in half. Bake the recipe at 350º F for 30 minutes.

Cinnamon Spiced: Add 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the recipe. Stir into the melted butter and sugars before pouring over the prepared dumplings before baking.

Pear Dumplings: Use sliced pears in place of the apples in the recipe.

Peach Dumplings: Use sliced peaches instead of apples in this easy dessert recipe.

Here’s my sister’s Easy Apple Dumplings Recipe. I hope you love it as much as my family does.

Enjoy!
Robyn xo