EASIER-THAN-IT-LOOKS-RECIPE: Apple Brown Budgie

We lived in Yonkers (New York) before moving to S. Florida. In the Fall, Linda and I would take our two young daughters a little further upstate, to pick apples. She would then make this Apple Brown Budgie dessert (pronounced bood-gee, it's her her nickname) . It is a Fall dessert (think about it for Thanksgiving). It tastes GREAT served warm with ice cream.

APPLE BROWN BUDGIE

Butter a deep baking dish. Put in it:

4 cups sliced tart apples (peeled)

1/2 cup water

Mix with a fork:

3/4 cup flour (we use whole wheat flour)

1 cup brown sugar (unless you prefer white)

1 teaspn cinnamon

1/2 cup melted butter

(optional: chopped walnuts)

Spread the mix over the apples. Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees until the apples are tender, and the crust is brown. This recipe serves 6 to 8 people, but you're all going to want a second serving so plan ahead.

It's good, and it's easy.