Apple Walnut Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup crushed walnuts
• 1 Golden Delicious apple, diced
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle caffeinated citrus-flavored soda (such as Mountain Dew)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.

Roll 1 can of crescent rolls out on a cutting board. Make one single piece of dough by rolling the dough with a rolling pin to a 9×13-inch rectangle; make sure the seams don't separate. Repeat with remaining can of crescent rolls. Set 1 dough sheet atop the other to make a double crust.

Mix 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, crushed walnuts, and diced apples in a bowl. Sprinkle evenly over the dough.

Roll the dough lengthwise, so you end up with a long tube. Cut into 1-inch slices. Place the rolls into prepared dish facing up.

Melt butter with 1 1/2 cup white sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves completely, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and whisk citrus-flavored soda into the butter mixture; pour over cinnamon rolls.

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and no longer doughy in the middle, about 30 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Flip the rolls out of the baking dish onto baking sheet and allow the sticky sauce to drip over the rolls.