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Louisa May Alcott, the author of "Little Women" was so fond of this New
England dessert that she named her house in Concord, Massachusetts after the dish: Apple Slump.
Louisa May Alcott's Apple Slump
Ingredients:
6 cups apples, pared, cored, and sliced
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
1½
teaspoons baking powder
Procedure:
- Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and water in a saucepan with a tight-fitting
lid.
- Heat to the boiling point.
- Sift together flour, salt, baking powder. Stir in enough milk to make
a soft dough.
- Drop dough from a tablespoon onto apple mixture.
- Cover tightly and cook over a low heat for 30 minutes.
- This dessert can be made with various fresh or frozen berries.
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