Name: Old Fashioned Apple Dowdy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients: Thick white bread; 1/2 cup Melted butter; 4 Large Crispin or other green Maryland apple; 1/2 cup Dark brown sugar; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Old Fashioned Apple Dowdy

Apple Dowdy and Pandowdy is a recipe dating to at least the Colonial period in Maryland. There are many variations on the them of bread, apples and sweet goodness. Made with apples from a Maryland orchard, making and eating this with warm you up! This version is adapted from Yankee Magazine, 1972.

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6

Ingredients

Thick white bread
1/2 cup Melted butter
4 Large Crispin or other green Maryland apple
1/2 cup Dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Instructions

Line the bottom and sides of a baking dish with fingers of bread (crusts removed) which have been dipped in melted butter.
Fill the center with the apples, peeled, cored, and sliced. Sprinkle the apples with a mixture of the cinnamon and sugar. Add 1/2 cup of water and cover the top with a layer of well-buttered fingers of bread.
Sprinkle top with additional sugar. Cover and bake 1 hour in 350 degree oven. Serve hot with whipped cream. Serves 6.

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