DUMPLINGS

I love fall food and I love when the weather cools off outside and the produce department starts looking like fall and the upcoming holiday season. I use a lot of apples in things when I am in the kitchen. I bake them, saute them, use them in salads and slice them up for dips and caramel sauce. I am not patient when it comes to peeling and coring them by hand. One of my favorite things to bring out in the fall is this "apple contraption" that I have. It peels, cores and slices with just a few turns of a handle. It is so much fun to use and it makes things so simple and fast.

Here, I have an apple all lined up and ready to go.

When you are finished, you are left with a beautiful stack of apple rings!

Here, I am using the slices to make apple dumplings.

These are so easy to make and are a great thing to take tailgating or to a cookout.

The house smells so wonderful while they are baking.

I bundle up apple pieces and cinnamon in crescent roll dough.

I line them up in a baking dish (seam sides down) that I sprayed with Pam and...

melt together and bring to a boil:

1 stick of butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup regular sugar

1/2 cup water

1/4 of honey

(stir while it cooks for a few minutes - you may need to turn the heat down a little bit)

Pour this over the dumplings.

Sprinkle with pecans.

Then bake at 350' for 30 minutes.

YUM!!