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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