This is an excellent war time dessert - using left-over bread, and no sugar or flour.

7 cups apples (chopped)

9, cups bread crumbs (dried) 1½ cups honey 2 cups water 1 apple - washed, cored and sliced in rings

Scatter the bread crumbs through the chopped apples, and place in a deep baking dish.

Bring the honey and water to a boil, and pour over the apple and bread mixture.

Sprinkle a few bread crumbs on top, with rings of the apple around the edge.

Bake in a moderate oven for two hours.

Serve with one of the following sauces. Either of the sauces given may be used, according to taste; the hard sauce, of course, is the richer.

Sauce

½ cup maple sugar

2 cups water

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 heaping tablespoon corn flour ¼ teaspoon salt

Boil for one-half hour and serve hot.

Maple Hard Sauce

¼ cup of butter, creamed thoroughly ½ cup shaved maple sugar

Cream the sugar with the butter, beating until very fluffy.