Adam and Eve's apple dumplings

Recipe courtesy of my friend, Pat. Perfect for a snow day or slow weekend morning during the winter.

Crescent dough triangles (I would think you could press down the cheap biscuits if that is what you have on hand)

2 apples peeled, cored, and sliced in 8 slices

2 sticks butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

12 oz. can Mountain Dew (not diet)

Place 1 slice of apple in each triangle of crescent dough; roll up from wide end. Place in sprayed 9 x 13 baking pan.

Melt butter and mix in sugar and spices. Pour over dumplings. Pour on Mountain Dew.

Bake 45 min at 350 degrees. Serve with ice cream if you want!

Enjoy this perfect day!!


(Note: I made this on a big snow day.  They were absolutely awful.  I'd recommend diet Sprite or Sprite next time if possible.  These were horribly sweet and the boys refused to even try them.  So I pretty much ate most of them; then had to throw the rest away to save my hips...)

Frozen Banana Cream

1 Serving

This is an old restaurant trick that has been around for years. Use this delightfully simple "sorbet" wherever you would use ice cream. Try it sprinkled with chopped nuts, or on a bed of pureed raspberries or strawberries.

Ingredients:
1 very ripe banana

Instructions:
Peel the banana and cut it into chunks. Put the chunks, uncovered, on a plate in the freezer, and freeze for at least an hour. (They can stay overnight.) When you're ready to serve, take out the banana and put the frozen pieces in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth, scraping down the sides of the container as needed. As the bananas thaw slightly, the texture will become smooth and creamy.

Grasshopper Pie

24 creamed-filled chocolate cookies finely crushed

1/4 cup margarine, melted

1/4 cup milk

A few drops of pepermint extract

a few drops of green food coloring

1 jar of marshmallow creme

2 cups of heavy cream, whipped

Combine cookie crumbs and margarine. Press into 9" spring pan reserving 1/2 cup of the mixture for topping. Gradually add milk, extract and food coloring to marshmallow creme, mixing until well blended. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into pan, sprinkle with remaining crumbs. Freeze. Remove one half hour before serving.