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Homemade apple crescent rolls are a simple yet delicious treat, ready in under 30 minutes! This easy vegan recipe uses packaged crescent roll dough and baked apples to create a heavenly pastry that’s perfect for brunch, breakfast, or even an afternoon snack or dessert.
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Why You’ll Love this Apple Crescent Roll Recipe!
I love fall apple season and discovering new varieties of apples in the market, in all shades of color! When I bring them home, I bake up all my favorites, from a vegan apple pie, apple cranberry crisp, and of course baked stuffed apples. When I don’t have as much time, these easy apple crescent rolls are a delicious go-to! Cinnamon and apples with just a touch of salt highlight the wonderful combination of fall flavors.
Plus, this is a simple and fun recipe to get the kids involved in. Considering how quickly they’ll eat them up, might as well have them help! But this homemade pastry also looks and tastes fancy enough to bring to a weekend brunch or a fall festival potluck. And truly, you can make this easy apple crescent roll recipe anytime of the year!
Ingredients for Apple Crescent Rolls
This simple recipe for apple cinnamon crescent rolls requires only five ingredients! Grab them on your next trip to the store, using the grocery list below, and you’ll be ready to bake them up!
- Crescent rolls: This vegan crescent rolls recipe uses a tube of crescent rolls. You can find these in the refrigerator section of your grocery store. Believe it or not, most brands are vegan since they are made without dairy because butter doesn’t last as long as hydrogenated oils.
- Apple: Honeycrisp apples are my favorite for their ultra-crisp texture and sweet flavor. You can swap it for other varieties of apples but try to avoid apples that have an overly mealy texture.
- Sugar: I used a mixture of brown sugar, coconut sugar, and Stevia. Any granulated sugar option works.
- Cinnamon: The perfect spice to pair with apples.
- Vegan butter: To brush over the tops of the crescent rolls before baking in the oven. Adds a nice final bit of flavor and helps the apple cinnamon crescent rolls brown up nicely in the oven.
How To Make Vegan Crescent Rolls with Apple
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and prepare your baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Then, place the sliced apples on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
Step 2: While apples are baking, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and mix well.
Step 3: Roll out the crescent rolls and lightly brush with vegan butter. Next, sprinkle each with a little of the sugar mixture.
Step 4: Place a baked apple slice into each crescent roll and roll it up. Then brush the tops of the rolled crescent rolls with vegan butter and sprinkle more sugar on top. Finally, bake apple crescent rolls according to the directions on the package.
Toni’s Recipe Tips
- Use a crisp and flavorful apple for the best outcome!
- Bake in the middle of the oven for an even baking temperature.
- Cut the apples into thin, even slices so they bake evenly.
- Serve up cinnamon apple crescent rolls warm for the best flavor!
FAQs for Crescent Rolls with Apples
Yes, they are! They have a great crisp texture that holds up well when baked. Plus, they aren’t as sweet as some apples which makes them perfect for baking desserts that aren’t overly sweet.
Yes, you can, if the puff pastry dough is vegan. Many stores now carry vegan puff pastry. Follow the directions on the package for rolling it out. Cut the dough into isosceles triangles in order to roll them up as crescent rolls.
Yes, you can! Layer them in a storage bag or container in a single layer after they are completely cooled. Freeze them for up to three months. Allow them to thaw out on the container and then reheat in an oven at 325° F until warm.
Variations on Crescent Roll Desserts
- Other fruit: Use fresh baked stone fruits such as peaches or plums.
- Berries: Use any vegan berry jam with the apple or swap the apple for some sliced fresh berries.
- Vegan chocolate: Place a small piece of dark chocolate in the middle to make dairy-free chocolate crescent rolls. Or sprinkle some chips over the baked apple for an apple and chocolate combination!
- Add some nuts: Sprinkle a few chopped toasted walnuts or pecans over the apple just before wrapping it up.
More Vegan Pastry and Bread Recipes
Vegan Desserts
Crescent Roll Cinnamon Rolls
Vegan Breakfasts
Easy Cinnamon Muffins
Vegan Desserts
Vegan Pumpkin Bread
Vegan Desserts
Vegan Walnut Oat Scones
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Apple Crescent Rolls
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Ingredients
- 1 crisp apple sliced
- 2 Tablespoons of sugar I used 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 tablespoon coconut sugar and Stevia
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 tube of crescent rolls
- 2 Tablespoons of vegan butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- Place apples on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
- While apples are baking, mix together sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
- Roll out crescent rolls and lightly brush with vegan butter and sprinkle each with a little of the sugar mixture.
- Roll an apple into each crescent roll and brush the tops with vegan butter and sprinkle more sugar on top. Bake according to package.
Notes
- Use a crisp and flavorful apple for the best outcome!
- Bake in the middle of the oven for an even baking temperature.
- Cut the apples into thin, even slices so they bake evenly.
- Serve up cinnamon apple crescent rolls warm for the best flavor!
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I would like to purchase the apple slicer you used in your Apple Crescent Rolls recipe. How do I order it from Amazon, and apply credit to you???
Should I peel apples before slicing/baking?
Hi! You don’t have to peel them but if you want to, you can before slicing/baking 🙂 Enjoy!
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Perfect fall recipe! So good and easy!
Yesss! So good for fall and all the fall smells in the kitchen!
Omg these look delicious so good!
They’re toooo good! Such a yummy snack!
Absolutely delicious! Want to make them every week 🙂
If I could, I would too! They’re too good!
Super fast, easy and just all around delicious!
Agreed! Such a great apple treat!
These apple crescents look so fancy—I can’t believe how easy they are to make! Will be making these often!
Right?! So easy, sweet, and fun to make!
these apple rolls are so easy and so tasty!
Absolutely delicious !
Agreed! So delicious and easy to make!
These apple crescents are the perfect vegan dessert! Easy to make and a perfect weeknight dessert!
Agreed! Such a sweet and healthy treat!