Apple Pan Dowdy

Name: Apple Pan Dowdy
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon clove; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/3 cup molasses; 7 -8 tart green apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped; pie pastry (original recipe called for 1/3 of Recipe of Mary's Old Virginny Pie Pastry, which I have posted here); sugar (to garnish)

Submitted by Marysdottir

"This version of the old fashioned recipe has apples, nuts and raisins together with spices, brown sugar and molasses under a very rich pastry crust. The other recipe on Zaar seems to top the apples with a cake-like topper but this is wonderful too. From the March 1981 Bon Appetit magazine."

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon clove
¹⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
¹⁄₃ cup molasses
7 -8 tart green apples, peeled, cored and sliced
¹⁄₂ cup raisins
¹⁄₂ cup walnuts, chopped
pie pastry (original recipe called for 1/3 of Recipe of Mary's Old Virginny Pie Pastry, which I have posted here)
sugar (to garnish)

directions

Preheat oven to 400ºF and butter a 2" deep 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
Combine sugar, flour and spices in large bowl.
Add molasses and stir to form a paste.
Add apples, raisins and nuts and stir well.
Pack into baking dish.
Roll enough pastry 1/8 inch thick to cover apples.
Drape pastry over fruit. Trim pastry leaving 1/2 inch overlap to tuck into dish.
Bake until crust is golden brown about 35-40 minutes.
Sprinkle top lightly with sugar. Serve hot.