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- Apple Pan Dowdy on my own special death’s head dish towel
There may be more elegant ways to make an apple pan dowdy or any other kind of dowdy, but this three ingredient version was perfect for a quick fruit fix we had here, and used up a cake mix that we had let go for long enough and needed to use up.
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1 can apple pie filling
1/2 box yellow or white cake mix 1 stick butter Cool Whip (optional)
Pour apples into a 9 x 9 inch baking pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over apples. Melt butter; drizzle over top of dry cake mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Top with Cool Whip.
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I used cherry pie filling that was just taking up space, then got another, inexpensive, light apple pie filling and made the next one. We didn’t like the idea of the Cool Whip, and left it out entirely. Ice cream, on the other hand, is just perfect.
I did find out that the butter and cake mix makes an ideal quick streusel for toppings, and will remember that for future quick fixes. A sour cream coffee cake with that crumb topping is a wonderful holiday treat, will use that again.
Here’s that sour cream coffee cake recipe, but I’ll be substituting the pan dowdy version;
Original recipe makes 1 – 9×13 inch cake
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Mix in 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Spread 1/2 of batter in the prepared pan.
- Prepare the filling: In a medium bowl mix 1/3 cup flour, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and cinnamon. Sprinkle cake batter with 1/2 the filling. Spread second half of batter over the filling, and top with remaining filling.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
15 Comments
Mmmm, this is a good late night snack with a scoop of ice cream.
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Sounds yummy, Ruth.
I made a cinnamon braided danish yesterday with bisquick. I made the mistake of looking up bisquik recipes on line and found a bunch of yummy ones. I said out loud, Oh dear, we’re in trouble now. :)
Oh, and rec’d. Thanks.
Do I ever know what that means, found the dowdy while trying to use up some sour cream. Now I’m about to go searching out roast pork formulae. This could be bad, seeing apples in mouths.
The recipe called for brown sugar. I found a box in the back of the shelf – a brick. Not just hard but partially crystalized, so I used white sugar and added molasses. I might have added too much, but it was really nummy and I haven’t rolled out dough for a long time, so it was fun too.
That’s good. I have destroyed my reputation here by buying pre-made pie shells at the local store and running into a friend of spuds whose eyes got wide as she asked ‘You buy your pie shells”? with obvious horror.
My mil is the best pie crust maker, so I’m off the hook. I don’t even try to compete. :)
Running to the market, do you need anything?
Oh, and I bake bread, but I don’t make the dough. I buy a pack of 3 frozen loafs of dough.
Oh, the horror, indeed.
Been so long since I baked my own bread, I would have to learn how all over again, but it is soooo good.
Here’s the website for Bridgford Breads and Roll Doughs.
I put a loaf of frozen dough in a loaf pan with a towel on it in the windowsill in the morning. But the afternoon, I’ve got a nicely raised loaf. Bake. Ta da.
(They think I’m a genius. Don’t tell them the truth.)
Got rolls in the freezer that use the same method. All the folks here do the cooking, all at once, though, so no one is fooled.
Heh, heh. We are transparent.
Getting ready to put a tri tip in the slow cooker. Neighbor gave me one the other day. Hadda move the beef soup outta the crock and into a tupperware for goggie. He likes a little slurp on his kibble. Found the chicken rice soup I made the other night, so tupperwared that and took it down to the corner down the hill. It’s cold and windy out there. A little warm sustenance is always appreciated.
Gonna go chop carrots.
Ruth!
(Sending Larri a slurp through the tubes.)
Warm here, springlike with daffodils showing, but going to snow later this week. Leftovers day, finishing the quiche and scalloped ham and potatoes, salad too.
With the apple pan dowdy and ice cream.
Of course. With ice cream.
Eat well. Peaceful evening.