BROWN BETTY
- 6 large apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- ¼ lb. (1 heaping cup) bread crumbs
- 2 ozs. (½ cup) chopped suet
- 1 tablespoonful butter
- 3 ozs. (3 heaping tablespoonfuls) brown sugar
- ½ teaspoonful grated nutmeg
Stew the apples with one tablespoonful of the sugar and one tablespoonful of water till tender, then rub through a sieve. Chop the suet fine, mix it with the bread crumbs, grated nutmeg, and the rest of the sugar.
Grease a fireproof dish, put half of this mixture at the bottom, then put in a layer of the stewed apples, then the rest of the mixture; dot with the butter.
Bake for half an hour in a moderate oven.