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An easy way to use up old apples.

Ingredients:

• 2 apples
• 6 tablespoons porridge/oatmeal
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 6 tablespoons coconut
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 50 grams/1.8 ounces butter

Method:

• Preheat oven to 150^oC/300^oF.
• Peel the apples, core and slice them.
• Put in a saucepan with a little water (not enough to cover) and cook over an element until just tender.
• Place in a small oven-proof dish.
• Melt the butter.
• Mix butter with porridge/oatmeal, flour, coconut, and brown sugar to make the topping.
• Sprinkle topping over the apples evenly, and press down gently.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, until the topping is cooked and browned.
• Served best with custard or ice cream.

If you want, you can use canned apples and not have to cook the apples beforehand. You can also add a can of drained peaches to the recipe, laying them down with the apples before adding the topping.

Tip of the week:

Some ovens are much better than others, and some can bake or cook unevenly. If you have one such troublesome oven, always set your timer to half of what the recipe says, then when it goes off turn the pan/pot/dish/etc around, and bake/cook for the rest of the time.

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