1/4 cup butter — melted
2 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
GINGERBREAD 1/2 cup butter — melted
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup hot tea
Pour butter into a 9-inch square baking pan. Arrange apples over butter; sprink le with brown sugar and set aside. For gingerbread, combine butter, molasses, s ugars and egg in a mixing bowl; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; add to sugar mixture alternately with hot tea. Mix well; pour over apples. Bake at 350F for
45-50 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool for 3-5 minutes. Loosen
sides and invert onto a serving plate. Serve warm.
YIELD: 9 servings