Apple Crescents

 I dragged Andy to an apple farm  a couple weekends ago and we stocked up on apple butter, apple pie, apple cider, cider doughnuts, and also bought some local, organic  honey.  Oh, and apples we picked ourselves, of course.  Haralson apples were available for picking and they were very crisp and sweet and amazingly delicious.  According to the apple farm website, they are perfect for eating and baking and I can attest to that fact.

I found a recipe on Pinterest (again!) and I knew I needed to use up some of the apples we had left and the recipe seemed easy-peasy.


Ingredients you'll need: 
-1 tube of Pillsbury crescent rolls (I used the big and flaky ones)
- 2 or 3 small apples, or 1 large apple
- Ground cinnamon
- Sugar
- 4 tbsp of margarine or butter, melted  (or as much as you think you'll need to sufficiently cover the crescent rolls).  

Optional:
-Caramel topping
-Ice cream
-Whipped cream

      

First, I cored the apples and sliced them into eighth's.  Some of the apples we had picked were very small so I was able to actually use two apple slices in my crescent rolls.

 Second, I unrolled and separated the crescent dough. I just put them on the pan that I was going to bake them on.  I then poured some sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and mixed them up.  I melted the butter in a separate bowl and immediately started spreading the melted butter on the rolled-out crescent rolls.

As soon as I put the butter on all the rolls, I started sprinkling my cinnamon-sugar mixture on the buttered rolls.

 I then placed the apples on the long edge of the rolls and rolled them on up! I had to be careful with the rolls that had two apples in them because the apples kept trying to squeak out the ends. I made them behave in the end.  Start rolling at the long end so the pointed end / small end is on the outside.

I then sprinkled some more of the cinnamon-sugar mixture to the tops of the rolls before I baked them.









Bake the rolls according to package directions, until golden-brown on the top.  The butter/cinnamon-sugar mixture spilled out a little bit and cooked and it tasted like a cinnamon-caramel.  YUM.

I followed the instructions on the main recipe link and drizzled the crescents with caramel as soon as I put two of them on a plate.  I then decided to serve them hot out of the oven with some cinnamon ice cream and whipped cream.  I wanted to cry this was so delicious.  It is seriously the best dessert I've ever made.  Want to drool?   Look at these om-nom-nommy pictures.

Make this. Make this now.  Seriously, what are you waiting for? I'm putting this recipe in my Fireproof Box.

Until next time...Fire Away!