Apple Dumplings

Easy quick and delicious dessert topped with ice cream.

Ingredients:
2 whole apples, Granny Smith
2 cans (8 oz.) crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
cinnamon to taste
1 can (12 oz.) Mountain Dew Soda

Peel and core apples.  Cut each apple into 8 slices each.  Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll triangle.  Place in a buttered 9x13 baking dish. 
Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir.  Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over wrapped apples.  Pour Mt. Dew around the edges of the pan, not directly over the dumplings.  Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.  Serve with ice cream and spoon some of the sauce over the top.  Serves 8 with 2 dumplings each or 16 with one per serving.

Banana Nut Muffins

This recipe can be made into muffins or loaves of bread.


1 2/3 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. plus 2 T. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c. oil
3 overripe bananas, mashed
3 T. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
2/3 c. walnuts or pecans, chopped


Preheat oven to 350.  If using loaf pans, line with parchment paper.  Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon and salt.  Using the electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.  Add oil, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and nuts.  Pour into 1 loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.  If using muffin tins, grease tins and fill 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 minutes or until done in center.