Me.: {Mountain Dew Dumplings}

Sunday, January 22, 2012

{Mountain Dew Dumplings}

WARNING:

This post will cause you to drool. Please read with caution.

I found this recipe thanks to my friend Lacy. She told me that she saw it on Pinterest and from there I knew not only did I have to make these, but a blog was necessary to share love.

Ingredients:

2 whole Granny Smith Apples
2 cans (8 Oz. Cans) Crescent Rolls
2 sticks Butter
1-1/2 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Cinnamon, To Taste
1 can (12 Oz.) Mountain Dew Soda

Preparation Instructions:

Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll.
Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan.
Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

WARNING: Prepare this dish at your own risk. It is beyond imaginable.

Introducing your cast of characters.
Granny Smith Apples, Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and Mountain Dew

After going and back and looking through these pictures I noticed that I forgot to put the sugar out for it's photo op. I was tempted to take another picture but I figured I'd keep it real.

Next you will need two apples. Peel and core them. It doesn't matter if they are slightly bruised, they will be drowned in awesomeness and a bruise isn't going to make a difference.

Next cut each apple into eight slices.

Alot of people don't like refrigerated dough, and prefer to make theirs from scratch. I'm not only too lazy to do this, but I lack the skills and patience. Moving on...take your crescent rolls and unroll the entire can.

Next roll your apple slice up in the crescent roll. And lets just bring the obvious to the surface. The fact that there is another piece of dough peeking out on the bottom right hand side of the photo is making my OCD nerve twitch. Grrr.

Aren't they cute!!

Normally I would tell you to grease or butter your pan before placing these lil cuties into it. But if you are lucky enough to have Stoneware (like me!) then you don't have to grease or butter anything. However if you aren't one of the lucky few, then please for your dumplings sake, grease your pan. :) Then lay the beauties all in a row. (PS for those who don't have stoneware, it's easy to assume that my pan is filthy, however it's perfectly clean. Stoneware, over time gets seasoned and that seasoning creates it's non stick awesomeness. Sorry moving on...

Next melt two sticks of butter in a sauce pan, follow by adding the 1 1/2 cups of sugar and a tbs of vanilla. Keeping it healthy people. LOL. You're welcome.

Next pour your oh so fat free mixture onto your cute lil apple dumplings.

It's like they are taking a bath in deliciousness.

Now your almost done! Next comes the Mountain Dew. Side note: Jenn and I where walking around the store looking for a single can of Mountain Dew, because all I needed was 12 oz. I didn't want a six pack cause I don't drink this stuff, we did find a 18 oz bottle that was $1.59 then walking towards checkout there was a 2 liter for .99 cents...sigh...well you can see what we ended up with. Thankfully Brian ended up finishing off the bottle...lol

I've had this measure all for almost two years and I think this is the second time I've ever used it...I have to admit that it's really great for measuring ounces.

Pour all over your lil beauties.

Next sprinkle with cinnamon. No measurement measurement here folks. Dash until your heart is content. :)

Tada!! Drool.

Last peak before entering the oven.

Please excuse my very ~~dirty~~ used oven. Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. I let my stay in for the full forty. You don't want to let them get too brown on top but you definitely want them golden on top.