Apple Dumplings

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (16 ounce) can refrigerated flaky biscuit dough
• 4 apples - peeled, cored and halved
  
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Butter a 7x11 inch baking pan. Separate biscuit dough into 8 pieces. Flatten each piece of dough into a circle. Wrap one biscuit around each apple half (slice each apple half into half moon slivers, like in apple pies) and place, seam side down, in pan.
3. In small bowl, combine sugar, water, melted butter and vanilla. Pour mixture over dumplings in pan. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until golden. Serve hot.

Makes 8 Servings