Time to allow:  1 hr 30 min's Portions : 6 Ingredients Amount Type of raw ingredient Modern Substitutes 2 lb apples   6 slices stale bread   to taste spice   to taste brown sugar   Method   1 put 6 slices of stale bread into a moderate oven and bake until crisp 2 crush the toast into crumbs 3 butter a pie dish and thickly line it with breadcrumbs 4 peel and cut up apples 5 put a layer of apples onto the breadcrumbs 6 sprinkle with brown sugar 7 sprinkle with a spice either cinnamon, nutmeg or ginger - the choice of flavour lies with the cook 8 repeat layers of breadcrumbs, apple and spice until the dish is full leaving the top layer as bread crumbs 9 put a few small knobs of butter on the top and bake in a moderate oven for about an hour or until the apples are cooked Recipe Comments   1 The choice of spice affects the flavour of the dessert but will not affect the basic recipe