Friday was a gross, chilly, dreary day – about as dreary as you can get without the actual falling of precipitation – and so I spent much of the day in the kitchen, peeling, coring and dicing apples while the dogs hovered about, waiting to snatch up the stray scraps. (Of which there were none! I’m getting PROFICIENT at this, yo!) To date I’ve conquered about half of this tub -
 

 
- not bad considering it was filled to overflowing and took two warm bodies to schlep it into the garage. But still, so many apples! Need more recipes! What’s a vegan to do, but hit up the internet for ideas?

It wasn’t long before I stumbled upon a recipe for Apple Pandowdy on marthastewart.com. The lazy woman’s pastry, it’s kind of a cross between the apple crisp I made a few weeks ago and a proper apple pie. “Dowdy” like Liz Lemon (as in NOT REALLY!),
 

 
the dessert gets it name from the arrangement of the crust, which is cut into squares and spread on top of the apple base, all willy-nilly like. In this way, it’s a much more forgiving dish than a pie, since there’s no need of perfection where the dough is concerned. In fact, the dough-slash-crust is pretty easy to make – your food processor does all the work! – and I was unable to fuck it up, try as I might. (Too much margarine! Problem solved by adding more flour! Check your measurements! You’re welcome! Also, I eyeballed the apples with no problems. Fill ALL the pan!)
 

 
The total prep and cooking time is a little on the long side – there’s a lot of sitting around, waiting for the dough to chill (y u so tense, doe?) – and the dish bakes for nearly an hour – but man oh man is it worth it. SO YUMMY. My favorite part is the crust and how it caramelizes in the apple juices. omnomnom!

Bonus points for being an accidentally vegan recipe. Only one substitution is needed – margarine for butter – and honestly, it’s such a minor one that this recipe is practically made for vegans. Suck on that, Martha Stewart! (Actually, idk whether I should be giving her a hard time or not? Is she considered one of the more vegan-friendly celebs nowadays? BLISSFULLY IGNORANT, THAT’S ME.)
 

 
Served with a scoop of vanilla coconut milk So Delicious ’cause it’s pretty and photogenic and delicious.

People! I still have at least 50 cups worth of apples left to use! What should I do with them? HALP!
 

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