apple pie pinwheels
easy desserts are the BEST
and these apple pie pinwheels are sure to be a big hit at your holiday get-togethers
There are plenty of times that I love spending hours and hours on a dish.
Baking bread from scratch on a Sunday afternoon, caramelizing onions for hour after hour to make french onion soup, a slowly simmered winter stew…
and then there are most days.
When laundry is piled so high I can barely enter the laundry room. When the dishes in the dishwasher have been clean and waiting to be emptied for days. When my dust bunnies have made friends, many, many friends.
It’s these days that I need quick and easy.
And these apple pie pinwheels are just that. Quick and oh so easy. Plus, you know how I feel about pie. I LOVE to eat pie , but do not love to make pie, crust that is. Pie crust and I still are not on speaking terms.
Ingredients
- 1 tube of crescent roll dough (I use Pillsbury)
- 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and finely diced
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- dash of salt
- dash of nutmeg
- caramel sauce for topping (optional)
Instructions
- pre-heat the oven to 350
- line your baking sheet with parchment or other non-stick mat
- combine the apples with the sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg, stir to coat
- roll out the crescent dough, and press the seams together - you want one large rectangle of dough
- top your crescent dough with the apples and any juices that have accumulated, I pressed the apples into the dough gently to keep them from spilling out when rolling
- beginning from one of the long sides, roll the dough as tightly as possible
- using a very sharp knife, slice into 16 rounds, and place cut side up on baking sheet
- bake until golden brown and the dough is cooked through 15 - 20 minutes
- cool slightly on baking sheet before moving to rack
- drizzle with salted caramel sauce
Fast, easy, and a delicious dessert, I may have even eaten a few apple pie pinwheels for breakfast.
Enjoy!
a few other tasty treats
You should see my laundry room. It’s a mess. I have about 15 loads of laundry to fold, somehow I’ve managed to pile all 15 in two baskets that reach almost to the ceiling. At this point it’s like playing jenga to try to pull a shirt out of there. I head in, take one look and walk away out of sheer terror. Ha.
Now this recipe, that’s another story. I’m never fearful of easy, quick recipes. They are right up my alley. These look like perfection to me.
sounds like we do laundry the same way 🙂 it’s scary in there
Every time I decide to shoot a recipe that takes longer to make, the whole time I am thinking, I should be doing something else right now, like the laundry, dishes or preparing tomorrow’s post. I especially like quick and easy recipes – great one!
thanks Beth – story of my knife I always feel like I should be doing something else 🙂
I am all about quick and easy these days. These look delicious!
gee, with four little I can’t see why 🙂 thanks Stephanie
I’m always a fan of simple and delicious! These look incredible!
thanks so much Jennifer – I could not agree more simple for the win
I puffy heart love these apple pie pinwheels!! That caramel sauce just puts them over the top! 🙂 Pinned and definitely making soon!
thanks so much Jocelyn!
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