This section is from the book "Fruits And Their Cookery", by Harriet S. Nelson. Also available from Amazon: Fruits and Their Cookery.
8 slices of bread.
1 cupful of sugar.
1/2 cupful of butter.
1 tablespoonful lemon juice.
6 apples.
1/4 cupful chopped almonds.
1 tablespoonful butter.
Dip bread in melted butter; butter mold; cut bread into strips an inch wide and the height of the mold. Line bottom and sides of mold with bread. Pare and cut up apples; add sugar, water and lemon juice, cook until apples are soft. Add chopped almonds, 1 tablespoonful butter; pour into lined mold, cover with slices of buttered bread and bake half an hour. Serve with lemon sauce.
 
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