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Apple Dumpling Bites

When she was alive, my sister Mary Ellen made the best apple dumplings in the world. I never learned her recipe, but I have been thinking about how delicious they were, especially since Christmas dinner because I made skillet apples for our Christmas dinner, and they tasted a lot like what she made. So, tonight, I used the skillet apple recipe and added some biscuits to made what I am calling "Apple Dumpling Bites." DELICIOUS.

6 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced thin
½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
¼ cup apple juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
a pinch of salt
1 stick butter, divided into two equal parts
3 Tablespoons honey
2 cans of biscuits, cut into quarters
3 Tablespoons white sugar
½ Tablespoon cinnamon

In a large skillet with lid, melt half of the butter, add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, apple juice, and salt.  Toss in apples and coat with mixture.  Put lid on top of skillet.  Cook on medium-high heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.  If there is a great deal of moisture, take lid off and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes to reduce liquid. 
While apples are cooking, preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Cut biscuits into quarters.  In a large ziplock bag, mix together white sugar and cinnamon. 
When apples are done, put them in a 9x13 baking pan that has been sprayed or buttered.  Drizzle honey on top of apples. 
Add ¼ the biscuits pieces to ziplock and shake to coat.  Place on top of apple with honey.  Continue until all biscuit pieces are coated with sugar/cinnamon mixture. If any cinnamon sugar remains in bag, sprinkle on top of biscuits.  Melt the remaining half of the butter and drizzle over biscuits.
Bake in 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until biscuits are getting lightly browned. 

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