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Apple Brown Betty

Place alternate layers of chopped juicy apples and browned bread crumbs in greased baking dish having some crumbs on the bottom. Add cinnamon and a little molasses or syrup to each layer of apples. Pour 2 cups of hot water evenly over all. Bake for one hour. Serve with caramel sauce made with syrup.

Source:  Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, War-Time: Cook and Health Book (Lynn, MA, 1917). Gift of William H. Helfand.

Music: General Pershing One Step

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