Secret Recipe

Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings

Last winter B.I.S.B. (before I started blogging) I had my favorite blogs that I visited daily for recipes. I am always thinking about "my next meal," and Pioneer Woman was a great place to laugh, get away to the ranch and figure out what was going to be served at GrannyMountain that night! Ree is an open book, sharing her life with all of us. From birthing calves to dishing family dirt, she shares and complains just like a best friend would do if she were sitting in your kitchen. You can't help but love her and her brood. I must warn you, her blog is addictive. She has a whole novella on there of her life before marriage. Marlboro Man is her dearly beloved, soul mate and mother of her children. So in love, she often goes off into dreaming of baby making mode when she takes a picture of him herding cattle! You just have to go there and see what I'm talking about...

While Daughter Stephanie and family were visiting last week, I made PW's Secret Recipe Apple Dumplings. Ree tells us how she got (stole) the recipe from her Mother! Simple, it uses Granny Smith apples, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, and…GULP: a can of Mountain Dew. These apple dumplings are SO indescribably delicious, I made the recipe again the next day! My Grandson has a "Mountain Dew Collection" so this was the perfect dessert to make. Since I am Nana, I made homemade ice cream too.

After all, I am in the Memory Making Business!

Apple Dumplings
2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
cinnamon
1 small can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

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