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Brown Betty

3 cups chopped apples 2 cups bread crumbs 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg Juice and rind 1/2 lemon 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons butter Mix the sugar with the spices. Arrange one-half of the crumbs in the bottom of the pan. Place one-half the apples, one-half the sugar and one-half the lemon juice, also one-half the melted butter, over them, then one-fourth of the bread crumbs and the remainder of the apples, the sugar, the lemon and the melted butter. Over all this pour the water. If apples are very juicy, omit all or part of the water. Cover with the remaining fourth of the bread crumbs. Put in a moderate oven, cover, and bake until the apples begin to get tender; then remove the cover.