Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Brown Betty. ✠

• 1 cup bread-crumbs.
• 2 cups chopped apples—tart.
• ½ cup sugar.
• 1 teaspoonful cinnamon.
• 2 tablespoonfuls butter cut into small bits.

Butter a deep dish, and put a layer of the chopped apple at the bottom; sprinkle with sugar, a few bits of butter, and cinnamon; cover with bread-crumbs; then more apple. Proceed in this order until the dish is full, having a layer of crumbs at top. Cover closely, and steam three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven; then uncover and brown quickly.

Eat warm with sugar and cream, or sweet sauce.

This is a homely but very good pudding, especially for the children’s table. Serve in the dish in which it is baked.