Apple Pan Dowdy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup molasses
7 -8 tart green apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
pie pastry (original recipe called for 1/3 of Recipe of Mary's Old Virginny Pie Pastry, which I have posted here)
sugar (to garnish)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F and butter a 2\" deep 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
Combine sugar, flour and spices in large bowl.
Add molasses and stir to form a paste.
Add apples, raisins and nuts and stir well.
Pack into baking dish.
Roll enough pastry 1/8 inch thick to cover apples.
Drape pastry over fruit. Trim pastry leaving 1/2 inch overlap to tuck into dish.
Bake until crust is golden brown about 35-40 minutes.
Sprinkle top lightly with sugar. Serve hot.