Skillet Apple Pie

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2008, America's Test Kitchen TV

A simple, old-fashioned dessert called apple pandowdy promises apple pie appeal with none of the fuss. Is it time for an apple pie makeover?

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an everyday dessert, a good skillet apple pie recipe should take a no-frills approach. We made our fruit filling juicy and flavorful by combining apples with cider that we thickened with cornstarch and sweetened with maple syrup. To mak...

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