Nitas Apple Dumplings With Vanilla Sauce On A Bed Of Cherries Recipes

DELICIOUS APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Heat the butter, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside. Divide the crescent roll dough into 16 triangles. Roll 1 slice of apple with the dough and arrange on the prepared pan. Pour the butter mixture over the wrapped apples, then pour the citrus-flavored soda on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.

NITA'S APPLE DUMPLINGS WITH VANILLA SAUCE ON A BED OF CHERRIES

Steps:

• Spray a 9x13-inch dish or pan with Butter Spray, or lightly grease it with butter.
• Prepare apples: Core and rinse each apple with cold water.
• Dry off with paper towels.
• Prepare biscuits: Separate biscuit dough into 10 pieces.
• Flatten each piece of dough into a circle.
• Wrap one biscuit around each apple HALF.
• Join, pressing together to make a seam.
• Place, seam side down, in baking pan.
• Leave top of pastry open so you can access the apple core.
• Make Sauce: Combine and bring to boil the butter, sugar, Mountain Dew, and cinnamon.
• Add the Vanilla Extract.
• NOTE: Do NOT use Imitation Vanilla Extract.
• The results will NOT be the same if you do!
• Pour half the sauce mixture over pies and bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes.
• Add Cherries: Pour contents of can of cherries in the dish, spreading it around the apples.
• Baste dumplings with remaining half of the sauce and continue baking until golden brown.
• To serve: Scoop cherries from dish and place some in the bottoms of five individual serving dishes.
• Lift apple dumpling and place on top of the cherries.
• Serve plain, or top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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CHERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the cherries with juice, 3/4 cup sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, lemon zest, salt and remaining sugar. Stir in milk and butter just until moistened., Drop by tablespoonfuls onto simmering cherry mixture. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift the cover while simmering).

NITA'S APPLESAUCE AND BOURBON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch tube pan. Line the bottom and sides with parchment paper, then grease the paper. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine applesauce, butter and sugar. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add chopped pecans, raisins, chopped dates and cherries. Stir until the fruit and nuts are evenly coated. Stir in the cooled applesauce mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Slowly pour bourbon on cake, letting it soak in. To speed up the process, you can use a toothpick to puncture many small holes all over the cake before pouring on the Bourbon. You will think that you are using too much Bourbon. Don't worry. You really want to soak the cake in Bourbon! Wrap cake well and store in refrigerator.

AMARETTO CHERRIES WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Place cherries in a 3-qt. slow cooker., In a small bowl, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt; stir in reserved juice until smooth. Stir into cherries. Cook, covered, on high 7 hours. Drizzle amaretto over cherry mixture., For dumplings, in a small bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and salt. In another bowl, whisk milk and melted butter. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened., Drop by tablespoonfuls on top of hot cherry mixture. Cook, covered, 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of dumplings comes out clean. If desired, serve warm with ice cream.

APPLE MOUNTAIN DEW DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Peel apples and slice into 8 sections. Seperate crescent rolls and roll 1 apple slice in each.
• Place in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Melt butter, add sugar and vanilla; stir well and pour over rolls.
• Finally add Mountain Dew.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.