I have stumbled recently on a recipe, cut off from an old newspaper, written by a lady’s grandmother and used hundreds and hundreds of times through several generations.

The idea sounds nostalgically appealing. How many of our grandmother’s recipes do we realy know and use today?

In a age where ingredients were spears, and there was definitely lack of modern kitchen technology, cooking tasty treats like this one must have been such a feast.

Going back to basics and re-creating ancient recipes warms my heart somehow, and strange to say makes me feel like a woman. One, of the hundreds and thousands and millions throughout the history, who have sat by the stove and feed their dearest ones with simple dishes made with love and care.

{Vanilla and Cinnamon are my late edition to the recipe.}

Ingredients

• 3 apples – peel, cored and cut into 1cm chunks
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 125 gm butter – melted
• 1 egg
• 1 Vanilla essence sugar Dr. Oetker (8g)
• 2 tsp Cinnamon

Method

1. Add apples, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and flour to large mixing bowl, combine.

2. Add butter and egg, stir until well combined.

3. Press into lined slice tray.

4. Bake 180 degrees for 35 – 40 mins.

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