Easy Apple Dumplings

• 2 Granny Smith apples
• 1 lemon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 canned buttermilk biscuits
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Peel, core and slice the apples vertically into 8 slices each. Squeeze the lemon into a bowl of water and add the apple slices to keep from turning brown. Have your “bath” of lemon water ready before peeling, coring and slicing your two apples. Just makes everything easier.

Have a paper towel or two handy to blot your apple slices on or else the dough doesn’t want to fold and seal around the apple very well. Either flatten the biscuit half on your board a little or stretch it slightly with your fingers to accommodate the apple slice.

Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. Wrap a biscuit layer around a slice of apple, stretching the biscuit slightly to overlap, and seal on the bottom. Place the wrapped slices, sealed-side down, in a 9- by 12- by 2-inch casserole dish

Simply fold the stretched biscuit half up and around the apple slice and seal it closed with your fingers. Our store-brand canned biscuits were a little difficult to split evenly in half, but in the end they worked well enough. The dough will of course puff up some while baking and there was really plenty of dough surrounding each apple slice.

In a medium saucepan, mix 1 cup water, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the butter and vanilla. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil over medium heat.

Mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture over the tops of the wrapped apples. Bake until golden brown, 35 minutes.

Apple Dumplings

by Trisha Yearwood via FoodNetwork.com

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: about 35 minutes Level: Easy Makes: 16 dumplings

• 2 Granny Smith apples
• 1 lemon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 canned buttermilk biscuits
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Peel, core and slice the apples vertically into 8 slices each. Squeeze the lemon into a bowl of water and add the apple slices to keep from turning brown.

In a medium saucepan, mix 1 cup water, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the butter and vanilla. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil over medium heat.

Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. Wrap a biscuit layer around a slice of apple, stretching the biscuit slightly to overlap, and seal on the bottom. Place the wrapped slices, sealed-side down, in a 9- by 12- by 2-inch casserole dish. Pour the hot sugar mixture over the apple slices. Mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture over the tops of the wrapped apples. Bake until golden brown, 35 minutes.