Apple or Peach Dumplings

Meet My Friend Laurie Owner Of

Knotthole Bed and Breakfast

Super Easy and Super Delicious 
Apple or Peach Dumplings

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My friend Laurie, whom I respect as an excellent cook, sent the link to this recipe as one she has used and it is her second most often requested recipe by the guests at her Bed and Breakfast. Laurie and  husband Howard are owners of the Knotthole Bed and Breakfast in Easton, Washington. Refer to my post of August 9, 2011. Laurie also gave me her suggestions for making the dumplings with a crisp bottom rather than a doughy bottom.  Laurie did include the WARNING: Prepare this dish at your own risk. It is beyond imaginable!

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Apple or Peach Dumplings

2 whole Granny Smith Apples or Peaches

2 cans (8oz. tubes) Crescent Rolls

2 sticks butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cinnamon to taste

1 cup Mountain Dew (7-up, Ginger-ale or Sprite also will work)

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Peel and core apples or peel peaches. Cut each apple or peach into 8 slices each. Roll each apple or peach slice in a crescent roll. Place in a buttered 9 x 13 pan or baking dish. Bake at 350F. Laurie's suggestion is to bake 15 minutes and then pour the sauce over the dumplings. This prevents the bottoms from being doughy.

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To make sauce: Melt butter and add sugar and barely stir: add vanilla and cinnamon and pour over apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew (or soda of choice) around the edges of pan. Continue to bake a total of 40 minutes. (If you bake the 15 minutes and then add sauce and soda, bake 25 additional minutes).