Stewed Normandy Pippins

Ingredients

• 1 lb Normandy pippins
• 1 quart water
• 1/2 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoonful ground ginger
• 1 lb moist sugar
• 1 lemon

Instructions

1. Well wash the pippins, and put them into 1 quart of water with the above proportion of cinnamon and ginger, and let them stand 12 hours;
2. then put these all together into a stewpan, with the lemon sliced thinly, and half the moist sugar.
3. Let them boil slowly until the pippins are half done;
4. then add the remainder of the sugar, and simmer until they are quite tender.
5. Serve on glass dishes for dessert.