Apple Dumplings

I made these last night despite the fact that I'd never seen this recipe and I didn't believe it. Can I tell you it took less than ten minutes to put together and there are no words? Really. These were fabulous. Like outrageous.

2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
cinnamon
1 small can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

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Texas Sheet Cake

I made this cake this afternoon. When I poured the batter into the pan I realized why this recipe has been around for 100 years. It looks exactly the way I remembered, meaning GOOD.

Combine:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, melt:

2 sticks butter
4 T. cocoa. and stir together. Add
1 cup boiling water, boil for 30 seconds, turn off heat.

Pour liquid mixture over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.

Add:

2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

For icing, in saucepan combine:

1 3/4 sticks melted butter
4 T. cocoa, and stir to combine, then turn off heat.

Add:

6 T. milk
1 t. vanilla
1 lb. box powdered sugar
Stir together and pour over warm cake