Recipe - Abigail Adams Apple Pan Dowdy

1 One half cup Flour
One half cup Shortening
PASTRY:

Blend until mealy. Sprinkle a little ice water over dough, enough to hold
together. Roll out to 1/4" thickness, brush with One fourth cup melted butter.
Cut pastry in half. Place halves on top of each other. Roll and cut again.
Repeat until you have 16 separate pieces piled up. then chill for 1 hour.
Roll pastry again and cut in half. Line bottom of baking dish. Save other
half for top.

FILLING:One half c. sugar One half tsp. cinnamon One fourth tsp. salt One fourth tsp. nutmeg 10 lg.
apples One half c. molasses 3 tbsp. melted butter One fourth c. water U Peel and slice
the apples. Mix with sugarand spices and put in pastry lined dish. Combine
molasses with butter and w Cover with top crust and seal. Bake at 400
degrees for 10 minutes. Then reduce heat to 325 degrees. "Dowdy" the dish
by cutting the crust into apples with sharp knife. Bake one hour. Serve hot
with ice cream or whipped cream.

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