Hot Apple Dumplings

 Ingredients
2 Granny Smith apples
1 lemon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 canned buttermilk biscuits
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Peel, core and slice the apples vertically into 8 slices each. Squeeze the lemon into a bowl of water and add the apple slices to keep from turning brown.

In a medium saucepan, mix 1 cup water, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the butter and vanilla. Bring the sugar mixture to a boil over medium heat.

Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. Wrap a biscuit layer around a slice of apple, stretching the biscuit slightly to overlap, and seal on the bottom. Place the wrapped slices, sealed-side down, in a 9- by 12- by 2-inch casserole dish. Pour the hot sugar mixture over the apple slices. Mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture over the tops of the wrapped apples. Bake until golden brown, 35 minutes.

Caramel Apple Sheet Cake with Caramel Frosting (13 X 9)

Ingredients:

Cake:
2 eggs
1 cup  Vegetable Oil
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups  Self-Rising Flour
3 cups apples, peeled and chopped
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation Directions:

1. Heat oven to 300º F. Spray a 13x9-inch baking pan. In large bowl, beat eggs. Add oil and sugar; stir until well blended. Stir in remaining cake ingredients; blend thoroughly. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 300º F. for 1 hour 10 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool.

Caramel Frosting

Ingredients

1/3	cup butter
2/3	cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/3	cup milk
3	cups powdered sugar
1	teaspoon vanilla extract
	Pecan halves (optional)

 

Preparation Directions

1.	MELT butter in saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar; cook and stir 2 minutes. Add milk, continue cooking until mixture boils, stirring constantly.
2.	REMOVE from heat; gradually stir in powdered sugar. Add vanilla; blend well. Spread over cooled cake. If frosting gets too thick, add a little more milk; blend well. Garnish with pecan halves, if desired.