Title: Apple and dried cranberry pandowdy
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      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    1/2    Recipe Flaky Pie Dough
      3 tb Light molasses
    1/3 c  Firmly packed light brown
           Sugar
      3 tb All-purpose flour
      8    Golden delicious apples,
           Peeled, cored and sliced
    1/2 c  Dried cranberries
      2 ts Grated lemon peel
      2 ts Ground cinnamon
  1 1/2 ts Grated gingerroot
    1/2 ts Freshly grated nutmeg
    1/4 ts Ground clove
      3 tb Cold unsalted butter, cut
           Into bits
      2 tb Heavy cream
      2 tb Cinnamon sugar
           Heavy cream as an
           Accompaniment
 
  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
  1/8-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