Brown Betty

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1| cup bread crumbs from center of loaf
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons lemon
• 4 cups sliced apples
• ^ teaspoon salt
• i cup butter
• I cup water
• one half teaspoon cloves
• one half teaspoon allspice
• one half cup molasses
• one cup raisins seeded and chopped

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the same as Scalloped Apple, adding one half teaspoon cloves, one half teaspoon allspice, one half cup molasses, and one cup raisins seeded and chopped.

2. 2

   Bake in slow oven one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 86. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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