Required: One pound of apples.

Four ounces of chopped beef suet.

Four ounces of moist sugar. Three ounces of breadcrumbs. One grated lemon-rind. One ounce of butter. Peel, core, and slice the apples. Well butter a pie-dish. Mix together the c r u m b s , finely chopped suet, and grated lemon-rind. Fill the dish with alternate layers of the crumbs and apples and sugar. The first and last layers should be of suet and crumbs. Put the rest of the butter in little pieces on the top. Lay a piece of buttered paper over the top, and bake in a moderate oven for about an hour or until the apple is soft. After the first twenty minutes remove the paper, so that the top may colour nicely. Serve it either in the dish, with the top sprinkled with a little sugar, or turn it carefully out on to a hot flat dish.

N.B - If the apples seem to have but little juice, pour in a little water; and if a strong flavour of lemon is liked, add the juice as well as the grated rind.