Pioneer Woman’s Apple Dumplings

Ingredients:

• 1 large apple (such as Fuji, or any tart apple)
• 1 can Pillsbury Crescent dough
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3/4 cup or 6 oz. 7-Up or equivalent (half the can)

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×8 baking dish.
2. Cut each apple into 8-10 wedges. Slice off the apple skin and set aside.
3. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles.
4. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the wide end. Pinch to seal and cover the apple, then place in the baking dish. (It’s easier if you first pat the apple wedge dry, then wrap dough around it.)
5. Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Heat, whisking to combine. The mixture will slowly combine and thicken. When it’s thickened, remove from heat and add vanilla.
6. Pour cinnamon mixture over the apple dumplings. Pour soda over the dumplings.
7. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.