Apple Pan Dowdy

• 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)

1. Preheat oven to 400u0b0F 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.

dark brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, molasses, green apples, raisins, walnuts, pie pastry, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/apple-pan-dowdy-361181 (may not work)