Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings are a simple baked dessert where apple slices are wrapped in crescent roll dough and baked in a buttery cinnamon-sugar sauce. A surprising ingredient—often lemon-lime soda—is poured over the dumplings to create a sweet caramel-like syrup.
🍎 Ingredients
- 2 medium apples (Granny Smith works well)
- 1 can refrigerated crescent roll dough
- ½ cup butter
- ¾–1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- ¾ cup lemon-lime soda (like Sprite or 7UP)
👩🍳 How to Make Them
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Peel and slice apples into 8 wedges.
- Wrap each apple slice in a crescent roll triangle.
- Place wrapped dumplings in a buttered baking dish.
- Melt butter and mix with sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.
- Pour the butter mixture over the dumplings.
- Pour soda around (not directly on top) of the dumplings.
- Bake 35–40 minutes until golden and bubbly.
🍨 Serving
Serve warm with:
- Vanilla Ice Cream
- Whipped cream
- Extra cinnamon
The sauce becomes sweet, buttery, and slightly caramelized, soaking into the dumplings.
✅ If you want, I can also show you:
- The famous “5-ingredient Pioneer Woman apple dumplings” recipe
- A version without soda
- Tips to keep crescent roll dumplings from getting soggy.
