Sweet Potato Country Dumplings

Sweet Potato Country Dumplings

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
50 min
223 kcal / serving

These sweet potato country dumplings are an easy-to-make dessert dumpling: crescent roll dough is wrapped around sweet potato patties, and baked in a sweet cinnamon sauce.

Ingredients

  • 18-ounce package crescent roll dough
  • 8frozen sweet potato patties, thawed and cut in half
  • 112-ounce can evaporated milk
  • ½ cupbutter
  • 1 ½ cupwhite sugar, divided
  • ¼ teaspoonsalt
  • 2 tablespoonscornstarch
  • 2 teaspoonsground cinnamon

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. 2

    Separate crescent dough triangles and cut each in half lengthwise to make 16 thinner strips of dough. Wrap each dough piece around 1 potato piece and place in the prepared baking dish.

  3. 3

    In a small saucepan, whisk milk, 1 1/4 cups sugar, salt, and cornstarch together until well combined. Add butter and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Simmer until thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and pour mixture over sweet potato dumplings.

  4. 4

    Stir remaining sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl and sprinkle evenly over dumplings.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.