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Freshly baked homemade apple dumplings in a white baking dish with buttery cinnamon sauce on a white kitchen counter

Easy Apple Dumplings

Warm, flaky apple dumplings coated in buttery cinnamon sugar and baked in a sweet soda sauce for the ultimate comfort dessert.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8 dumplings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 310
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large apples Granny Smith or Honeycrisp, peeled and cored
  • 1 can crescent roll dough or puff pastry sheets
  • 0.5 cup granulated sugar divided
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon divided
  • 0.5 cup butter melted
  • 0.75 cup lemon-lime soda Sprite or Mountain Dew
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
  • 1 pinch salt to balance sweetness
  • vanilla ice cream for serving

Equipment

  • 1 9x13 inch baking dish Greased
  • 1 Apple peeler or paring knife For peeling and coring apples
  • 2 Mixing bowls For coating apples and making sauce
  • 1 set Measuring cups and spoons —
  • 1 Pastry brush Optional, for brushing butter
  • 1 pair Oven mitts For safe handling

Method
 

  1. Peel and core apples, then cut into wedges.
  2. Mix cinnamon and sugar; coat apple pieces.
  3. Unroll crescent dough and place an apple on each triangle.
  4. Seal edges and arrange dumplings in a greased baking dish.
  5. Mix melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon; pour over dumplings.
  6. Add soda around edges of the dish (not directly on dumplings).
  7. Bake at 350°F for 35–40 minutes until golden and bubbly.
  8. Cool 5–10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Perfect for fall or any cozy evening treat!