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Gateaux Religieuses

Peel, cut in halves, core and slice six sound apples; place in a saucepan with three ounces sugar, half vanilla bean and one ounce good butter; stir well with a wooden spoon, cover the pan and slowly cook for thirty minutes, occasionally stirring. Remove from the fire, briskly press through a sieve into a bowl and cool off. Place and keep the vanilla in sugar. Roll out a pound puff paste (feuilletage) on a lightly floured table to the thickness of a half dollar. Cut out twelve pieces three inches square. Lightly wet the surface of six with beaten eggs; evenly divide the apple preparation on top, in the middle; neatly smooth the surface, cover each with the other six pieces and lightly press the top paste down against the edges of the first. Lightly egg the surface of each, lay on a roasting tin and dredge two tablespoons granulated sugar over. Set in the oven to bake for twenty minutes. Remove, dress on a dish and serve.