Best Great Grandmas Apple Rolls Recipes

GREAT-GRANDMA'S PRUNE ROLL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the butter, shortening, egg yolks, sugar and salt and 3 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate overnight., In a large saucepan, cook plums in water 12-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Mash; add sugar and lemon juice. Cook for 8-10 minutes over low heat until thickened. Cool and refrigerate., Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 3-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Dot with butter; sprinkle with cinnamon. Spread about 1/3 cup plum filling down the center of each. , Fold a third of the dough lengthwise over filling. Fold remaining dough over top; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under. Place seam side down in two greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 2 hours or until doubled. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Combine the glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves.

GRANDMA'S APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Creating the pie dough:.
• Blend flour, salt, and shortening together using a pastry cutter until the mixture is about the texture of corn meal.
• Add 1/2 cup of ice cold water and mix the dough (I find using my hands for this is easiest). If dough is too dry, add a bit more water but sparingly.
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into eight squares.
• Filling the dumplings:.
• Place one apple on a square of pie dough. Fill the apple with sugar, sprinkle with cinnamon, and dot with butter.
• Bring corners of pie dough to top of apple and pinch shut.
• Place finished dumplings in a 9x13 greased pan.
• Syrup:.
• Bring to boil sugar, water, and butter in a sauce pan. Boil for two minutes.
• Pour syrup mixture around the dumplings.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Baste the dumplings with the syrup from the pan every 5 to 7 minutes.

GRANDMA'S APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Wrap each apple piece in one crescent roll. Place seam side down in an 8x8 baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• In medium saucepan, combine butter, sugar, and orange juice; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour over rolls.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until pastry is golden and apples are tender. Spoon sauce over rolls when serving.

GREAT GRANDMA'S APPLE ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter to flour mixture. Add milk and stir until moist. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough until 1/4 inch think and about and 18" by 12" rectangle. Spread with 2 T. soft butter. Mix sugar and apples and spread on top of the buttered dough. Roll up as a you would a jelly roll and cut into 9 pieces (use a sharp wet knife). Place in a baking dish and freeze. Mix the sauce ingredients and bring to boil. Boil 1 minute.
• 2. Bake rolls at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. When rolls start to brown, remove from oven and pour syrup over the rolls, return to over to finish baking.