Apple Custard Puddings

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Put a quart of pared and quartered apples into a stewpan, with half a cupful of water and cook them until they are soft

2. 2

   Remove from the fire and add half a cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter and the grated rind and the juice of a lemon

3. 3

   Have ready mixed two cupfuls of grated bread crumbs and two tablespoonfuls of flour; add this also to the apple mixture

4. 4

   After which stir in two well-beaten eggs

5. 5

   Turn all into a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven