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Most of you know that I came from a big family ~ 7 kids! No, we are not Catholic. Yes, we had the same parents. (Those are usually the two questions people ask when they hear "7 kids?".) Most of you also know that my mom was sick for years. I am the second oldest, so I did a lot of the care-taking of the younger kids. I learned to cook when I was 10. I remember the first thing I cooked with my dad was Tacos. I loved cooking. Then, there was the baking. I made all the desserts and the b-day cakes for everyone's b-day, including mine. And I loved it! Another thing I remember is my grandmother making the biggest dessert spreads ever at the holidays. She made sure that every person there (we are talking, like, 30+ people) had their favorite dessert. I remember visiting her when I was 20. We cooked & baked all week. I never felt as close to her until then. We had this bond now - baking! I learned so much from her. I think it fueled my love of baking ~ and cooking! Now, at the Holidays, I make sure to prepare everyone's favorite dessert, no matter how many attend. It just wouldn't be the Holiday's if you didn't have your favorite pie, cake, cookie or candies!!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Apple Dumplings

This is seriously to die for!! 

Wrapped Apples
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 can (8-oz. crescent dinner rolls
1 large apple, peeled, cut into 8 slices


Heat oven to 375 degrees. In small bowl, mix 2 Tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and set aside.

Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over each; gently press in, flattening each triangle slightly.
Place apple slice on shortest side of each triangle; tuck in dough edges around apple slice. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling to opposite side; seal all seams. In a 9-inch glass baking dish or pie dish, place long side of 7 filled rolls, point side down, around outside edge of dish; place 1 in center. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Sauce
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 Tablespoon Almond extract
1 egg



Remove partially baked rolls from oven. In small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients with wire whisk until well blended; spoon evenly over rolls.


Topping
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Cinnamon

Sprinkle with almonds an cinnamon. Return to oven; bake 13 to 18 minutes longer or until deep golden brown, covering with foil during last 5 minutes of baking if necessary to prevent excessive browning. Serve warm. Store leftovers in refrigerator.


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