Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings With Crescent Rolls
These are Mountain Dew apple dumplings with crescent rolls: 16 apple wedges wrapped in dough, baked in a butter-sugar sauce with a 12-ounce can of Mountain Dew poured around the edges of the pan.
A longtime recipe
This is a longtime recipe I use. I was making it before it later became popular online. I didn’t invent it, and 16 dumplings come from one batch. How many people that feeds depends on whether anybody is watching you eat.
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls, 8 ounces each
- 1 cup butter, plus a little for greasing the pan
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 can Mountain Dew, 12 ounces
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream, optional for serving
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350°F and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Peel and core the apples. Cut each apple into eight wedges for 16 wedges total.
- Separate the crescent dough into 16 triangles. Wrap one apple wedge in each triangle and place the wrapped apples in the baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in the sugar briefly, leaving the mixture somewhat grainy, then stir in the vanilla.
- Spoon the butter mixture over the dumplings.
- Pour the Mountain Dew around the edges of the dish and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
- Bake for about 30–45 minutes, until the tops are golden and the apples are tender. Check doneness rather than relying only on the clock.
- Serve warm with sauce spooned over the dumplings. Add vanilla ice cream if desired.
Pro Tips from Chad
Leave the butter and sugar a little grainy
Stir the sugar into the melted butter briefly, leaving the mixture somewhat grainy, then add the vanilla.
Pour the Mountain Dew around the edges
Spoon the butter mixture over the dumplings, then pour the Mountain Dew around the edges of the dish and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
The 30–45 minute bake range is a doneness window, not a guarantee. Check that the tops are golden and the apples are tender.
Troubleshooting
- Pale tops, firm apples: Keep baking and check again. Don’t rely only on the clock.
Storage
Serve warm, with sauce and optional vanilla ice cream. See more Texas fish fry recipes for the rest of the menu.
Printable recipe
Printable recipe
Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings With Crescent Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls, 8 ounces each
- 1 cup butter, plus a little for greasing the pan
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 can Mountain Dew, 12 ounces
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream, optional for serving
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350°F and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Peel and core the apples. Cut each apple into eight wedges for 16 wedges total.
- Separate the crescent dough into 16 triangles. Wrap one apple wedge in each triangle and place the wrapped apples in the baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in the sugar briefly, leaving the mixture somewhat grainy, then stir in the vanilla.
- Spoon the butter mixture over the dumplings.
- Pour the Mountain Dew around the edges of the dish and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
- Bake for about 30–45 minutes, until the tops are golden and the apples are tender. Check doneness rather than relying only on the clock.
- Serve warm with sauce spooned over the dumplings. Add vanilla ice cream if desired.
One batch makes 16 dumplings. Bake about 30–45 minutes, until golden and the apples are tender.
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