APPLE CHARLOTTE

2 lbs. of good cooking apples
2 oz. chopped almonds
4 oz. of currants and sultanas mixed
1 stick of cinnamon about 3 inches long,
the juice of 1/2 a lemon
Allinson bread and butter cut very thinly
And sugar to taste.

Pare, core, and cut up the apples, and stew them
with a teacupful of water and the cinnamon, until
the apples have become a pulp; remove the cinnamon,
and add sugar, lemon juice, the almonds, and the
currants and sultanas, previously picked, washed,
and dried; mix all well and allow the mixture to
cool; butter a pie-dish and line it with thin slices
of bread and butter, then place on it a layer of apple
mixture, repeat the layers, finishing with slices of
bread and butter; bake for 3/4 hour in a moderate oven.

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