Connecticut - The Constitution State, State flower: Mountain Laurel

1. Yale Beets
2. Yellow Squash Soup
3. New England Chicken and Clam Pie
4. Buttermilk Biscuits
5. Leeks and New Potatoes
6. Apple Pandowdy

Apple Pandowdy

According to a great, great, great, great-grandson of the Connecticut Revolutionary War Patriot, the descendants of Israel Putnam have been eating this version of apple pandowdy for over 200 years!

4 cups apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
½ cup cider
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp cloves
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 cup brown sugar
Butter
Biscuit dough

Arrange apples in buttered dish. Add cider. Mix cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and brown sugar and sprinkle over apples, dot with butter.

Cover with biscuit dough rolled to ¼" thick and make slits on top with knife to allow steam to escape. Bake in medium heat until apples are tender, time depending o texture and quality of apples. Serve warm.

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