🍎 Apple Pie Crescents
Apple Pie Crescents are a quick dessert made by wrapping spiced apples in crescent roll dough and baking them until golden and flaky. They taste like mini apple pies but take much less time to prepare.
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 can refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 2 apples (peeled and diced)
- 2–3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Optional: vanilla extract or nutmeg
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Cook apples:
- In a pan, melt butter.
- Add diced apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice.
- Cook 3–5 minutes until slightly soft.
- Prepare dough:
- Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles.
- Fill crescents:
- Place about 1 tablespoon of apple mixture on the wide end.
- Roll:
- Roll from the wide end toward the tip to form crescents.
- Bake:
- Place on a baking sheet and bake 12–15 minutes until golden.
🍯 Optional Topping
Mix:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1–2 tablespoons milk
Drizzle over the warm crescents for a sweet glaze.
💡 Tips
- Use Granny Smith apples for a classic apple-pie flavor.
- Add chopped walnuts or pecans for crunch.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for a richer dessert.
✅ Result:
Flaky pastry outside with warm cinnamon apples inside—like a mini apple pie in crescent form.
If you’d like, I can also show you a famous 4-ingredient Apple Pie Crescents recipe that takes only 20 minutes (very popular and even easier).
