If you want to reduce sugar to make this more healthful, try using a product with sucralose. Sucralose is 600 times sweeter than table sugar. It can be used in recipes that require prolonged heating without loosing any sweetness. It has no reported side effects or restrictions on its use by pregnant women. You can purchase sucralose under the brand name Splenda. And if you restrict sugar due to diabetes, remember cinnamon is now hailed for its power to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce blood glucose levels - so don't forget this vital ingredient!

Ingredients:
One (12 ounce) package refrigerated flaky biscuits
4 apples - peeled, cored and halved
1 cup white sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Butter a 7 x 11 inch baking pan.

Separate biscuit dough into 8 pieces. Flatten each piece of dough into a circle.

Wrap one biscuit around each apple half and place, seam side down, in pan.

In small bowl, combine sugar, water, melted butter and vanilla.

Pour mixture over dumplings in pan. Sprinkle cinnamon on top.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until golden. Serve hot.

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