# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CXcl3x8DBni
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21025602-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/aae630eb2f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-12-14T02:37:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

“Oh, Bobby! They make Dutch Babies here! Let’s order one!” - Linda Belcher

Tis the season! Looking for some classic holiday recipes? Why not try Abigail Adams’ Apple Pan Dowdy? So no Dutch Baby? Close. One’s like a pancake, the other more like pie? Let’s dig in. 

Apple Pan Dowdy (or pandowdy? Who you calling dowdy?) is an old-fashioned apple dessert usually sweetened with maple syrup or molasses and topped with a pie pastry. Some say that “dowdy” refers to its plain appearance, others that the dessert is so-called because its top is “dowdied,” or cut up, during or after baking. (side eye engaged)

The apple dessert was reportedly a favorite of John and Abigail Adams who may have first indulged on the treat while in Philadelphia. The German dish was popular in the Mohawk Valley, between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, as well as in areas of Pennsylvania. 

Visit the link in our bio to find the recipe and follow the staff at @fort.stanwix.nps to learn how to make this dessert.

P.S.: Let us know how it turns out. If it resembles a burnt pumpkin pie (pumpkin? Where gonna stop you there), don’t go blaming the National Park Service for ruining your holiday feast. 

Image: Portrait of Abigail Adams by Benjamin Blythe and a cooked Apple Pan Dowdy. @adamsnps 

#GreatNPSBakeOff #nationalparkservice #adamsnationalhistoricpark #fortstanwix #cooking #dessert

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

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greatnpsbakeoff, dessert, cooking, fortstanwix, nationalparkservice, adamsnationalhistoricpark

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