apple walnut cinnamon rolls

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup crushed walnuts
• 1 apple, diced
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle caffeinated citrus-flavored soda (such as mountain dew®)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• roll 1 can of crescent rolls out on a cutting board. make one single piece of dough by rolling the dough with a rolling pin to a 9x13-inch rectangle; make sure the seams don't separate. repeat with remaining can of crescent rolls. set 1 dough sheet atop the other to make a double crust.
• mix 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, crushed walnuts, and diced apples in a bowl. sprinkle evenly over the dough.
• roll the dough lengthwise, so you end up with a long tube. cut into 1-inch slices. place the rolls into prepared dish facing up.
• melt butter with 1 1/2 cup white sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. cook and stir until sugar dissolves completely, about 5 minutes. remove saucepan from heat and whisk citrus-flavored soda into the butter mixture; pour over cinnamon rolls.
• bake in preheated oven until golden brown and no longer doughy in the middle, about 30 minutes. set aside to cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. flip the rolls out of the baking dish baking sheet and allow the sticky sauce to drip over the rolls.