Time: 1 hour
Makes: 8 servings
Ingredients
3/4 cup unseasoned dried bread crumbs
1 small lemon
1/2 cup (packed) light brown sugar
1/2 cup teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 small McIntosh apples
1 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon margarine
Instuctions
1- Preheat the oven to 350degrees. Spray
a shallow 8-inch square baking dish with
nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle lightly
with enough of the bread crumbs to coat
the surface; reserve the remaining bread
crumbs
2- Grate 1 teaspoon of zest and squeeze
1 tablespoon juice from lemon. set aside.
In a small dish, combine the lemon zest,
sugar, and cinnamon.
3- Peel and core the apples, then cut them
into thin slices.
4- In the prepared dish, layer one-third of
the apples, one-third of the remaining bread
crumbs and one-third of the sugar mixture.
Dot with one-third of the margarine. repeat
for two more layers, sprinkling the last layer
with the reserved lemon juice.
5- Bake until the apples are tender, 35 to 45
minutes. Cut the dessert into 8 equal portions.
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