Apple Pandowdy

• 6 tart apples

• ½ cup molasses

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• 2 tbsp butter

• 2 cups flour

• 3 tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp salt

• ¼ cup shortening

• ⅔ to ¾ cup milk

1. Pare and slice apples and arrange in a pie plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon, drizzle over molasses, and dot with butter.
2. Make biscuit dough with flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, and milk.
3. Roll out dough to ½" thickness. Cover apples and cut gashes in dough.
4. Bake at 375°for 30 minutes.
5. Serve hot, cutting out squares of the biscuit to use as a base for the fruit. Serve with cream flavored with nutmeg, hard sauce, or whipped cream.