This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook Household Cyclopedia by Henry Hartshorne.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Fine bread crumbs
- 4–5 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- Nutmeg
- Sugar
Procedure
- Butter a baking dish, and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs.
- Combine the apples, a little butter, nutmeg, and sugar in a saucepan. Cook until softened.
- Transfer the apples into the prepared dish.
- Top apples with another layer of the crumbs, then add pieces of fresh butter on the top.
- Bake in a slow oven for about 15 minutes, until it becomes a delicate brown.
- Serve hot or cold.