Brown Betty - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 large apples
1/2 lb. butter
2 c. white sugar
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. lemon rind
3 c. bread crumbs

Preparation

Pare and core a dozen large juicy apples.
Chop fine with a hash knife.
Butter a deep pudding dish.
Place first layer of chopped apples, some bits of butter strewed over them, then sprinkle with white sugar, flavor with nutmeg, lemon essence or the juice and a little of the rind of a lemon.
Next, a layer of bread crumbs, then a layer of apples and so on until the dish is full, finishing with a layer of bread crumbs.
Send it to the table hot or cold; eat with cream sauce.