Chicken and Dumplings

Made this for the family tonight.  Everyone was a fan, even little Logan (9 months old).  This will be going into our regular rotation.  And the best part?  Only about 5 minutes of prep work!

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
• 2 TBS butter
• 2 (10.75 oz) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 onion, finely diced
• (I also added about a cup of chopped carrots, next time I will add more)
• water, as needed
• 2 (10 oz ) cans packaged refridgerated biscuit dough, torn into 1 inch pieces
• (I added a 14.5 oz can of green beans)

1. Place chicken, butter, soup, and carrots into crock pot and fill with enough water to cover. 
2. Cover with lid and cook on hi for 5-6 hours.  About a 45 before serving time, put in the biscuit dough and green beans.  Allow to cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

Apple Dumplings

My general rule of thumb is:

If there's no chocolate, it's not dessert.

This is one of the few exceptions to this rule. 

I'd never made, or even had apple dumplings before, but I thought I'd try out this recipe for family night the other day.  Turned out delicious.  Pretty easy to make, too!  I'll make this one next time we have company over. 

• 2 granny smith apples, peeled and cored (I used Honeycut apples)
• 2 (10 oz) crescent dough packages (I used one crescent dough, and one biscuit dough)
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (I used 1 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon (I used 1 1/2 tsp)
• 1 (12oz) can mountain dew (I used ginger ale)
• Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream

1. Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly grease a 9x13" baking dish.
2. Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. 
3. Seperate dough into triangles.  Roll each apple wedge in a roll, starting at the small end.  Pinch to seal edges, and place in dish.
4. In a saucepan, melt butter, and stir in sugar and cinnamon.  Pour over dumplings.  Pour soda over dumplings.  Bake 35-45 minutes, until golden brown.  Serve warm, top with ice cream or whipped cream.