Chef Julia Child
Three Fruit Pandowdy
Three Fruit Pandowdy
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Category
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
8 servings
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
A pandowdy, believed to have originated by Pennsyvania Dutch, is traditionally a pastry filled of apples in a deep pan. Of course, this Julia Child pandowdy is stepped up with a mixture of fresh and dried fruits. This is a fairly quick and very easy dessert for eating on Movie Night with the family. Most of the time is inactive; when you can queue the movie marathon!
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 large egg, room temperature and lightly beaten
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1/2 cup buttermilk
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1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
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1 1/4 cup sugar
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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5 cups organic yellow banana (ripe), or red bananas (black when ripe) peeled and sliced (4-5 medium)
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1/2 cup dried apricots, coarsely chopped
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1/2 cup Dried Rainier Cherries
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1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
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1/3 cup Grape Nuts Cereal or crushed Clean Snax®
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1/3 cup all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract, pure
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1/2 stick butter, melted
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1 large egg, room temperature, beaten
Dough
Fruit Filling
Topping
Eggwash
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
To make the dough
In a medium size bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, and melted butter.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and combine with a wooden spoon until a ball of dough forms. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 12 inch square. Fit the dough into an 8 inch square baking pan, letting the extra dough fall loosely over the sides. Chill the pan.
To prepare the Fruit Filling
In a bowl combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, bananas, apricots, and cherries, and toss to combine. Set aside
To make the Crumb Topping
In a bowl combine the sugar, Grape Nuts, and flour. Add the vanilla and butter and stir until combined.
To assemble, place the fruit on the chilled dough in the pan. Sprinkle with the crumb topping. Fold the sides of the dough over the fruit, partially covering the filling.
Brush the dough with the eggwash. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 45 - 50 minutes, or until bubbly and golden.
Transfer to a wire rack and cool slightly. Serve warm.
If you like, accompany with whipped cream, softened vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt. This pandowdy is also delicious served the next morning for breakfast - if there are any leftovers!
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