5 Ingredient Apple Dumplings

Apple dumplings are one of the best things you can make using apples. In fact, you don’t even have to mess around peeling, coring, and chopping fresh apples when you can use apple pie filling. The refrigerated crescent dough also makes light work of the pastry, and then you will also need butter, brown sugar, and lemon-lime soda to make the dumplings.

Grandma always made the best desserts and this is one of the nicest! Serve warm apple dumplings with your choice of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, or enjoy them as they are.

We are a little spoiled these days with all these wonderful recipes on social media and the world wide web. Where did Grandma get her recipes from?

Although the best recipes are those passed down the generations, Grandma’s ancestors wouldn’t have had access to lemon-lime soda or readymade crescent dough, so perhaps she was just incredibly creative, in which case we are all impressed with such wonderful recipes and happy to continue the tradition!

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

Apple dumplings make perfect comfort food if you want something sweet. And you will love how easy this recipe is. In fact, you might have to read it twice. You only need 5 ingredients to make these fantastic apple dumplings and they always come out crisp, golden, sweet, and delicious!

How to Serve Them:

You can’t go wrong pairing these with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Or why not treat yourself to both?

Ingredients:

• Butter softened
• Refrigerated crescent dough
• Brown sugar
• Apple pie filling
• Lemon-lime soda

How to make the 5 Ingredient Apple Dumplings:

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. 

Unroll the crescent rolls.

Then place a small amount of apple pie filling at the widest edge of each triangle of dough. 

Carefully roll the dough up over the filling.

Then place the dumplings into a well-greased 9×13 baking dish. 

Stir together the butter and brown sugar. 

Add a small spoonful of the butter and brown sugar mixture to the top of each dumpling. 

Pour the can of soda carefully around the bottom of the dumplings. 

Bake for 35-45 minutes, and let cool slightly before serving. 

This is one dessert recipe you’ll never regret making. The juicy apple pie filling pairs harmoniously with the crisp crescent roll pastry, the rich, earthy brown sugar, the citrus soda, and the butter. Grandma’s legacy lives on with this classic, beautiful apple dumpling recipe.

Can You Make Them Ahead?

You can but nothing beats hot apple dumplings fresh from the oven.

Storage Instructions:

Leftovers will keep for several days in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge. You can warm them back up in a warm oven or give them about 20 seconds in the microwave. They won’t be quite as crisp but they’ll still be tasty.

Variations and Substitutions:

Experiment with different pie-filling flavors to change the dish. Cherry pie filling would be wonderful or you could try the blueberry variety. For the soda, consider Sprite, 7Up, or even old-fashioned lemonade (since this is an old-fashioned recipe after all!)