Caramel Apple Crescent Dumplings Food

CARAMEL APPLE-CRESCENT 'DUMPLINGS'

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Microwave caramels and 1 Tbsp. milk in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 40 sec.; stir. Cube half the cream cheese. Add to caramel sauce along with the flour; stir. Microwave until caramels and cream cheese are completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring every 10 sec.
• Unroll crescent dough; separate into 8 triangles. Place on parchment-covered baking sheet; spread with caramel sauce. Top with apples, placing 1 apple wedge at shortest side of each triangle. Roll up, starting at apple-topped sides. Rearrange, if necessary, until roll-ups are point sides down on baking sheet.
• Bake 12 to 14 min. or until golden brown. Meanwhile, mix sugar with remaining cream cheese and milk until blended.
• Cool roll-ups 5 min. Drizzle with cream cheese glaze. Serve warm.

CARAMEL APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine sauce ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. , For the dumplings, combine flour, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl. Add milk, butter and vanilla; stir just until moistened. Gently fold in apples. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls into the boiling sauce. Cover and cook over low heat until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 8-10 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

HOMEMADE APPLE DUMPLINGS WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, 2 teaspoons sugar and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. In a small bowl, combine 1 egg, water and vinegar; gradually add to crumb mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Divide into seven portions. , On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 7-in. square. Place an apple on each pastry square; place 1 tablespoon butter in the center of each. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over apples., Bring up corners of pastry to center; pinch edges to seal. Beat remaining egg; brush over pastry. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine the sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until smooth and blended. Pour over apples. Bake 35-40 minutes longer or until apples are tender and pastry is golden brown, basting occasionally with sauce. Serve warm.

CARAMEL APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan.
• Place over low heat, and cook until smooth, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; set aside.
• Core apples, cutting to, but not through, the bottom of each apple.
• Spoon caramel mixture evenly into centers of apples.
• Place apples in a small baking dish; cover and bake at 400 for 35 minutes or just until apples are tender.
• Remove apples from dish, and let cool.
• Place 1 sheet of phyllo on a damp towel (keeping remaining phyllo covered).
• Coat phyllo sheet with cooking spray.
• Fold phyllo in half crosswise.
• Place 1 apple on phyllo rectangle.
• Coat edges of phyllo with Pam; bring corners to center, pinching phyllo to seal.
• Coat dumpling with cooking spray Repeat with remaining apple and phyllo sheets.
• Place dumplings on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 400 for 5 minutes or until golden.

NO-KNEAD APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Peel and slice apples into 16 slices.
• Roll 1 apple slice into each crescent roll and place into 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Melt butter, sugar and vanilla in a sauce pan (do not caramelize)!
• Just enough heat to melt the sugar.
• Pour over rolls, sprinkle with cinnamon; then pour Mountain Dew over the top of rolls.
• Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.
• Then cover with foil and bake another 10 minutes.
• Serve warm and enjoy!

CRESCENT ROLL APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Wash the apples, peel and cut into eight equal slices or segments.
• Unwrap the crescent roll and separate the triangles.
• Place a piece of apple on each triangle of dough (on a wider side) and roll it in a croissant. You can wrap it like a crescent roll or you can wrap the dough over the apple slice covering the whole apple (dumpling style), either way.
• Place each dumpling in an 11 x 13-inch baking dish that has been sprayed with Pam or coated with a stick of butter.
• In a sauce pan, combine water, butter, sugar, and vanilla and heat to a rolling boil.
• Pour boiling mixture over the dumpling and sprinkle dumplings with cinnamon.
• Place uncovered in 350 degree oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until they become golden brown.
• Serve immediately and top with cool whip. Or serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, mmmmm -- Ah-mazing !
• WARNING: Prepare this dish at your own risk. It is beyond imaginable.
• I actually cut the recipe in half unless I have a big group to serve. And then I use a square Pyrex dish when I cut it in half.

CARAMEL APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Make Caramel Sauce.
• Peel apples, core each, creating a 1" wide hollow from top to bottom.
• Place apples in a bowl and coat with lemon juice.
• On a lightly floured board, roll pastry into a 12" square.
• Cut into four equal squares and center an apple upright on each.
• Pour Caramel Sauce equally into apple hollows.
• Add chopped nuts at this time, if using.
• Brush egg/water mixture over 1/2" wide border around each pastry.
• To wrap each dumpling, with floured finger bring two opposite pastry corners up over apple and pinch tips together. Repeat with remaining two corners.
• Firmly pinch all tips together; pinch each seam, then fold over about 1/8" along the seam and pinch again, leaving no holes.
• Space evenly on a buttered 12x15" baking sheet.
• Bake at 375F for 20 minutes.
• Bake until pastry is deep golden, 10-15 minutes longer.
• With a wide spatula, transfer the dumplings to plates.
• Accompany with remaining caramel sauce and ice cream, if desired.
• Caramel Sauce:.
• In a 2-3 quart pan over medium heat, tilt and swirl sugar often until melted and amber-colored. About 5-7 minutes.
• Stir in whipping cream; mixture will bubble and sugar will harden.
• Stir until sugar melts again and sauce boils, 6-8 minutes.
• At once, pour sauce into a bowl.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Let sauce cool for 10 minutes, then stir in the rum.
• Serve warm or cool.

APPLE DUMPLINGS WITH CRESCENT ROLL DOUGH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Peel and core apple, then cut into 8 slices.
• Combine water, white sugar, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat; stir regularly and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
• Unroll crescent dough into 8 pieces. Wrap each piece around an apple slice and transfer to a 9-inch square baking dish. Slowly pour sugar water over the dumplings.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl until combined. Sprinkle over the dumplings.
• Bake in the preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and spoon hot sugar mixture over the dumplings to glaze them. Serve warm.