Apple and dried cranberry pandowdy

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½Recipe Flaky Pie Dough
3tablespoonsLight molasses
cupFirmly packed light brown
Sugar
3tablespoonsAll-purpose flour
8Golden delicious apples,
Peeled, cored and sliced
½cupDried cranberries
2teaspoonsGrated lemon peel
2teaspoonsGround cinnamon
teaspoonGrated gingerroot
½teaspoonFreshly grated nutmeg
¼teaspoonGround clove
3tablespoonsCold unsalted butter, cut
Into bits
2tablespoonsHeavy cream
2tablespoonsCinnamon sugar
Heavy cream as an
Accompaniment

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Make pastry and chill 30 minutes.

In large heavy saucepan combine molasses, sugar, flour, apples, cranberries, spices, lemon peel and 3 tablespoons of butter. Bring to boil and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until apples are softened. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish and dot with butter.

On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry into a round about ⅛-inch thick and trim it so that it will just fit inside the baking dish. Cover fruit with pastry, brush with cream and sprinkle with sugar. With the point of a small sharp knife cut three steam vents in the center of the crust. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Remove baking dish from oven and with a sharp knife cut the crust and fruit into 2-inch pieces, pushing crust into fruit with back of a spatula so that juices bubble up over top of crust. Bake 15 minutes more.

Serve warm with cream.

Yield: 6 servings

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