Showing posts with label Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Exploring with Baby

Well, I spent a good chunk of the weekend cooking and baking, however I failed to take any pictures. Not even a single shot of the Pioneer Woman Apple Dumplings we enjoyed for dessert Saturday night. Why? Because we had a visitor at the ranch this weekend and she has a knack for distracting Grammy.
The Cindy-Lou-Who look hasn't looked so cute since Cindy-Lou-Who.

Since it was our first fall-feeling weekend here in Texas, it was the perfect time to get outside and do some exploring. We found the cutest little fairy hats.
Of course, they started life like this.
However, fairies can be very resourceful. Miss T decided it was not practical for two hats to be connected like that, though, so she performed a little onsite surgery.
Later, she collected pine cones and got to climb on Big Daddy's tractor.
But watching the deer with Daddy was the best. See them near the woods there on the left?
Then it was time to celebrate with Oreos.
But about those apple dumplings. Curious things. One of those recipes you look at the list of ingredients and go, "Huh?". I mean, Cresent rolls and Mountain Dew?  Really? Yep. Ruthy blogged about them here and shared a link to the recipe. Everyone here loved them. And they are super easy. They're also another of my favorite fallish desserts, something I can't seem to get enough of lately.

So how is fall looking where you live? Are you surrounded by gold, orange and russet leaves or are your leaves covered in snow? Or has summer finally decided to take a breather, the way it did here at the ranch?


Three time Carol Award finalist Mindy Obenhaus lives on a ranch in Texas with her husband, the youngest of her five children and two dogs. She passionate about touching readers with Biblical truths in an entertaining, and sometimes adventurous, manner. When she's not writing, she enjoys cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. Learn more a mindyobenhaus.com.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings to Die For

The Yank here.
Yes.
This is big type because these apple dumplings are so worth it.
First, I do believe the recipe was from stolen goods when Ree Drummond FOOLED her sweet, sainted mother into leaving her recipe folders behind.

I LOVE HER EVEN MORE KNOWING SHE DID THAT. BECAUSE SMART WOMEN DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE RECIPE.
'SALL I'M SAYIN'.

Ree's recipe uses Granny Smiths. I used Crispins. Either works well. What you want is a firm, tartish apple with great baking texture that doesn't go completely to mush. Note the name is not Applesauce Dumplings.

No.

Okay, here's the link to Ree's site:
(and yes, she's cooler, but we try not to think about that. Too often. Missy does. But she's a worrier.)


This is a fifteen minute recipe and most of that is making the crescent roll triangles behave.
IT IS SO WORTH IT AS TO BE UNIMAGINABLE.

And I'm nice enough to share it with you here. Because it's New Year's Eve and I'm making these for Bethy's party this afternoon. (Daughter #2)

I will show you Ruthy-step-by-step as I make them, but Ree has a better camera.
And an amazing ranch.
And really cute kids.
But I have more grandchildren, so I win.

;)

Pics of Ruthy making Ree's recipe... Because my family now thinks I'm the greatest. I'm okay with that. Note I did a DOUBLE BATCH...
Twice the love.




Basic ingredients... Nice pic, right?  ;)


Apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/8ths...

Crescent roll dough wrapping unsuspecting apple...


Wrapped apple slices snuggling together, unaware...


I had to take a picture of this because I think this is the FIRST tube of crescent rolls I've ever opened that didn't tear in the middle.
Isn't it a thing of beauty????


Butter, sugar, vanilla sauce... Ruthy note: These ratios of butter to sugar and vanilla are very similar to the old fashioned "butter balls" we used to make when I was young. You didn't melt the butter, just softened it and then worked a 3/1 or 3/2 ratio of sugar to butter with a teaspoon of vanilla for every 1/2 cup of butter. Then you'd roll this into "balls" and chill. The balls were then thrust into hot bread pudding when it came out of the oven.
Just a little historical Ruthy fun!



 Ruthy's Secret stash... Yes, this pan  holds a double batch MINUS TWO...

So guess who gets those two when she comes home later from her daughter's cute lil ol' New Year's Party???

Yup. Me. While I play in Seekerville with my Skrvl buds.


Two views of pan full of apply-pastry-buttery-goodness


Ruthy's coming home treat.
And I don't know why my font just reverted but this is the first time I've gang-loaded pics into the blog on Google Chrome and IT WORKED!!!!
My Firefox wasn't happy with Google anymore...
But the new Firefox didn't like my HP4500 printer.


I love my printer, therefore Firefox had to go in favor of Google Chrome which is VERY HAPPY with me.


And I with him. It. Her. Them.


Whatever.