Louisa May Alcott's Apple Slump: The Crisp, Cobbler, Betty, Buckle, Slump Taste Test

This dessert is fairly easy to assemble and yields something like cobbler -- something like baked apples with a puffy pancake on top. I like that this dessert is fulfilling as a dessert, but is not overly-sweet. So if you want a dessert that is fast and filling, but feel that your sweet tooth is already at capacity, this will easily do the job.

The topping is not pour-able. Plan on needing to manipulate it across the fruit in order for full coverage.

I found this recipe online many years ago and hadn't made a note of which was my original source. It apparently comes from a novel titled An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving written by Alcott -- one of the earliest examples I know of of a text that combines narrative with recipes.

Louisa May Alcott's Apple Slump

Filling:
6	tart apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/2	c brown sugar
1/4	tsp nutmeg
1/4	tsp cinnamon
1/4	tsp salt

Topping:
1 1/2	c flour
2	tsp baking powder
1/2	tsp salt
1/2	c sugar
1	egg, beaten
1/2	c milk
1 stick	unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Toss together apples, brown sugar and spices. Place in a buttered baking dish and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Topping: sift together dry ingredients. In separate bowl, mix wet ingredients. Add to dry ingredients, stirring til just combined. Spread topping over apples and bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

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