Layered Apple Bread Pudding With Lemon

Ingredients

• 2 cups tart cooking apples, chopped
• 1 ½ cups stale bread crumbs
• 4 heaping tablespoons sugar
• 1 generous tablespoon butter
• grated rind of 1 lemon
• cream or hard sauce, for serving

Method

1. 1 Butter a pudding dish.
2. 2 Divide ingredients into four layers, starting with apples and ending with bread crumbs.
3. 3 Sprinkle sugar and lemon rind over the apples, then cut butter into tiny lumps and scatter over the crumbs.
4. 4 Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) for 45 minutes.
5. 5 Serve with cream or hard sauce.