pandowdy

American  

[pan-dou-dee] / pænˈdaʊ di /

noun

Chiefly New England.

plural

pandowdies

1. a deep-dish pie or cobbler made with apples or other fruit and covered with pastry or biscuit dough.

   apple pandowdy.

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pandowdy British  

/ pænˈdaʊdɪ /

noun

1. a deep-dish pie made from fruit, esp apples, with a cake topping

   apple pandowdy

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Etymology

Origin of pandowdy

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805; perhaps variant of obsolete dialect (Somerset) pandoulde “custard”; pan ¹

Example Sentences

There's also the apple pandowdy, an old-fashioned delight that's akin to a haphazard and partially baked pie.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

Best Dinner Theater Sweet: Cafe Nordo’s rhubarb pandowdy in a tiny cast-iron skillet.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2013

In due time, the fading flowers turn into apples, offering a thousand fulfillments: apple pie, apple cake, applesauce, apple cider, apple butter, apple jelly, apple dumplings, apple tarts, apple pandowdy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the German-speaking communities in Pennsylvania, it was essential for a spiced baked apple dish called pandowdy.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

And pandowdy with sorghum foam had the look, in a deep glass dish, of being apple sauce and pie-crust mixed, with a delicious pyramid of golden-colored whipped sugar standing in a point on the top.

From Maid Sally by Cheever, Harriet A.