Apple Pandowdy

Name: Apple Pandowdy
Yield: Serve 4 to 6 unless otherwise stated.
Ingredients: Good pinch of salt; 1¼ cups all-purpose flour; ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 2 lb cooking or baking apples; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted; ½ cup plus 1 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp golden syrup or light corn syrup; ¾ cup milk; ½ tsp ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Serve
4 to 6
unless otherwise stated.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

About

I remember, as a teenager, hearing this song on the American Forces Network and always thought it sounded very jolly:

“Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy

Makes your eyes light up

And your tummy say ‘Howdy!’”

So I thought we should include the pandowdy in our apple feast.

Ingredients

2 lb cooking or baking apples
2 tbsp golden syrup or light corn syrup

Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Peel, quarter, and core the apples, then thinly slice them into a bowl. Add the syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and toss gently to coat the apple slices evenly. Spoon the mixture into a buttered 1-quart baking dish with deep sides.

Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl, and stir in the sugar. Make a well in the center and add the melted butter and the milk. Stir to make a smo