6 to 8 cooking apples
1 cup flour
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 peel of one lemon
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Peel, quarter and core cooking apples. Cut apple quarters into thin slices and place it in a bowl.
Blend nutmeg and cinnamon then sprinkle over apples. Sprinkle with lemon rind. Add lemon
juice and toss to blend. Arrange slices in a large baking dish. Make a mixture of sugar, flour and
butter in a mixing bowl then put over apples, smoothing it over. Place the dish in the oven. If dish
is very full, put a pan under the dish to catch spills. Bake at 370° for 60 minutes, until browned
and apples are tender.