Newlywed in the Kitchen Recipe #9: Apple Dumplings

A couple of weeks ago, The Boy from Texas selected a recipe from "Bring 'em On Home:  A collection of recipes from famous rodeo cowboys and their families," which we got from Cousin Whitney as a wedding gift.  He went with a recipe from Cesar de la Cruz for apple dumplings.

The Boy from Texas Rating: 4

The Boy from Texas Comments:  "These are real buttery.  You should use less butter next time."  This started a minor fight where I told him I was trying really hard and comments like that made me feel like a bad wife and he needed to be more sensitive to my feelings and they tasted fine to me.  I discovered later, that when I decided to half the recipe, I forgot to half the butter.  Man, I hate when he's right.

Apple Dumplings

2 Granny Smith Apples
2 cans crescent rolls
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Brown sugar
Cinnamon
1 can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples.  Then cut each one into 8 slices.  Roll each apple slice in crescent roll.  Place in 9x13 a greased pan.  Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir.  {I think the book left out needing sugar....so I added in about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and called it good.} Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over apples.  Pour Mountain Dew around edges of the pan.  Sprinkle with cinnamon to taste and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.  {We took them out about 5 minutes early because they were about to burn.}  Serve with ice cream and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.