Easy Cranberry Apple Dumplings are the best dessert to make with your freshly picked apples! Packed with tart apples and cranberries, these homemade fall pastries are perfect for Thanksgiving.
Prep Time15 minutesminutes
Cook Time40 minutesminutes
Total Time55 minutesminutes
Ingredients
2largegreen apples
2tablespoonscinnamon, divided
1cupfresh cranberries
2(8 oz) canscrescent rolls
1cup (2 sticks)unsalted butter
1cupgranulated sugar
1cuppacked brown sugar
1cupapple cider
vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13 baking pan (or extra large cast iron skillet) set aside.
Core and slice apples into 8 even slices (16 slices total) and then peel the skin off the apples.
Sprinkle cinnamon (about 1 tablespoon) on top of all of the apples. Then roll one apple slice and a few cranberries inside of each crescent roll piece. Place in prepared pan, in two rows, leaving a little room between each dumpling.
Then in a small pot bring the butter, remaining 1 tablespoon cinnamon, granulated sugar and brown sugar to a boil. Once boiling, evenly pour over the crescent rolls. Finally pour the apple cider around just the edges of the pan.
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until bubbling and the dumplings are browned on top.
Serve hot with vanilla ice cream and pour the extra sauce form the pan on top!