Friday, January 10, 2014

Apple Pie Muffins Using Crescent Rolls - Food Fun Friday

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Apple Pie Muffins Using Crescent Rolls - These are so simple to make and use popular crescent rolls. My kids helped me make these so you know they are simple!

They say confession is good for the soul. Well, I have a confession to make. I am obsessed with crescent roll recipes. There I said it. Feels good to get that out there. What makes me adore these flaky, buttery things so much? Well for one, they are versatile. You can make just about anything out of them. We have made Peach Pie Crescents, Crescent Roll S'mores and Turkey and Cheese Stuffed Crescents just to name a few. Today, the kids helped me make some Apple Pie Muffins. But these are no ordinary Apple Pie Muffins, they are made using crescent rolls of course. I love cooking with kids because its a way to spend quality time together and teach them a few things in the process.



Ingredients: 
For streusel topping:
  • 1/3 cup of sugar 
  • 1/3 cup of flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon of water
  • 2/3 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons of softened butter

crescent roll recipes

This recipe will make 4 Apple Pie Muffins. Since you need 2 crescents per muffin, you will get 4 muffins out of a tube of 8 crescents.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Remove the dough from the tube and unroll it. The dough is made of crescent triangles. Connect two of the triangles so that you can make four rectangles of dough.

crescent rolls

Push each rectangle of dough into a greased muffin tin so that they form a muffin cup.

recipes for crescent rolls

If you have a little helper, this is a great time to get them involved. They can scoop a large spoonful of apple pie mixture into each crescent muffin cup.

cooking with kids

Now it's time to make the streusel topping for the apple pie muffins. The following mixture makes 3/4 cup of streusel topping and you may have some leftover depending on how much you put on each muffin. 

Combine - 1/3 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 2/3 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 tablespoon of water and 2 tablespoons of softened butter. Use a fork to mix the butter into the mixture until it becomes crumbly.

Now you sprinkle some over the apple pie filling in each muffin. My daughter sprinkled a few large spoonfuls onto each muffin.

kids in the kitchen

apple pie crescent muffins

Bake the muffins in a 375 degree oven for 12-13 minutes until the edges start to brown. We used a smaller muffin pan and baked ours in our toaster oven which worked perfectly.

fresh baked apple pie muffins

These are best served warm, but let them cool a little as the apple pie filling can be quite hot especially for kids.

apple pie filling

My kids gobbled them up and asked for more. We will be making these again soon!

kids eating

These apple pie muffins are great if you have an unexpected guest. They work for breakfast or dessert and are so delicious, you won't believe they are this simple to make.

Apple Pie Muffins Using Crescent Rolls - These are so simple to make and use popular crescent rolls. My kids helped me make these so you know they are simple!

For more crescent roll recipes check out:

             Fruit Filled Crescent Cups                                          Apple Pie Crescents
          
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