Sooo . . . as you can see, we haven't exactly been too speedy about getting this thing off the ground. Dan has been working an obscene amount lately and hasn't cooked anything more challenging than boxed mac-n-cheese and frozen pizza. I have been busy shopping my favorite boutiques, getting pedicures and eating bon bons. Okay, not really, but I just thought I'd see how gullible you all were. You passed. ;)
Still, in an effort to keep this blog from dying out before it even gets going, I'm going to point you all over to a delightful, amazing recipe posted by my very favorite blogger, The Pioneer Woman, on her cooking blog. I made these apple dumplings last weekend. It was harder than I thought it would be. Using all that butter required some serious mental and emotional exertion on my part. I don't think I've used so much butter in one recipe since like, 1997. That would be why I was chubbier in 1997 than I am now. But I digress.
ANYWAY. These dumplings are amazing. Even if I did only let myself have one teensy little taste of a half of one. Dan ate two of them and I took the rest to my office, where they were instantly proclaimed the best apple dumplings anyone else has tasted, ever. And trust me, my coworkers are seldom wrong when it comes to food. What they may lack in secretarial skills, they make up for in epicureanism (is that even a word?). And I'm going to be in so much trouble if any of them actually read this blog.
Back to the dumplings. Go bake these today for that person in your life who you secretly wish would get fat.
Apple Dumplings
2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon 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.
Still, in an effort to keep this blog from dying out before it even gets going, I'm going to point you all over to a delightful, amazing recipe posted by my very favorite blogger, The Pioneer Woman, on her cooking blog. I made these apple dumplings last weekend. It was harder than I thought it would be. Using all that butter required some serious mental and emotional exertion on my part. I don't think I've used so much butter in one recipe since like, 1997. That would be why I was chubbier in 1997 than I am now. But I digress.
ANYWAY. These dumplings are amazing. Even if I did only let myself have one teensy little taste of a half of one. Dan ate two of them and I took the rest to my office, where they were instantly proclaimed the best apple dumplings anyone else has tasted, ever. And trust me, my coworkers are seldom wrong when it comes to food. What they may lack in secretarial skills, they make up for in epicureanism (is that even a word?). And I'm going to be in so much trouble if any of them actually read this blog.
Back to the dumplings. Go bake these today for that person in your life who you secretly wish would get fat.
Apple Dumplings
2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon 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.
1 comment:
LOL, 2 blogs! I read pioneer woman too, and have linked to those dumplings, even tho I didn't actually make them. I did make her carrot cake tho... yum!
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