Apple Pan Dowdy

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400ºf and butter a 2" deep 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
• 2 combine sugar, flour and spices in large bowl.
• 3 add molasses and stir to form a paste.
• 4 add apples, raisins and nuts and stir well.
• 5 pack into baking dish.
• 6 roll enough pastry 1/8 inch thick to cover apples.
• 7 drape pastry over fruit. trim pastry leaving 1/2 inch overlap to tuck into dish.
• 8 bake until crust is golden brown about 35-40 minutes.
• 9 sprinkle top lightly with sugar. serve hot.