Apple Bird'S Nest - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. juicy tart apples
1 c. hot water
1 pt. sour milk
a little salt
butter (size of walnut)
flour
1 tsp. baking soda dissolved in hot water

Preparation

Peel apples. Slice thin a quart of them.
Put in a buttered pudding or shallow dish.
Pour over them a cup of hot water.
Make a stiff batter of sour milk, a little salt, butter and flour to form a batter.
Put in last a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water.
If baked in a flat tin pan, it will bake in half an hour, but if in a dish, it will take 3/4 of an hour.