Crisscross Apple Crowns(Pampered Chef Copycat) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 small granny smith apples
1/2 cup walnut halves, chopped
1/2 cup raisins
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, divided
1 (17 1/3 ounce) package Pillsbury Grands refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (or butter milk-8 biscuits)
1 (10 1/4 ounce) package Pillsbury Grands refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (or buttermilk-5 biscuits)
1 tablespoon margarine, melted or 1 tablespoon butter
ice cream (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350*F.
Peel, core and slice apples. Cut apple slices into wedges. Chop walnuts.
Place apples, walnuts, raisins, flour, 1/4 cup of the sugar and 1 teaspoons of the cinnamon in a bowl. Mix well.
Microwave apple mixture on high 3 minutes or until hot; mix well.
Separate 12 biscuits. You may discard the remaining or set aside for another use. Using a rolling pin(or round glass jar), roll each biscuit into a 5\" circle.
Combine remaining sugar and remaining cinnamon in a bowl. Sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon mix evenly over the biscuits. Divide apple mixture evenly onto center of each biscuit.
Gather up the edges over the filling, pinching lightly to seal.
Melt butter in microwave on high 20 seconds, or until melted.
Holding filled biscuits at the sealed end, dip each biscuit into butter, then into remaining cinnamon/sugar mixute in bowl.
Place the biscuits, seam side down, into a muffin pan. Cut an X pattern (crisscross)through the top of each biscuit.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from pan. Serve with icre cream if you would like! Enjoy!