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• (n.) A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
It is a deep-dish dessert that can be made with a variety of fruit, but is most commonly made with apples sweetened with molasses or brown sugar. The topping is a crumbly type of biscuit except the crust is broken up during baking and pushed down into the fruit to allow the juices to come through. Sometimes the crust is on the bottom and the des......
Pan·dow'dy noun A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.