Apple Pudding

Apple Pudding
6 large cooking apples, peeled and thinly sliced
ground cinnamon, to taste
1/4 cup butter or hard margarine, melted
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose (plain) flour
1/2 cup granulated (white) sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 Tablespoon all-purpose (plain) flour
1 Tablespoon butter or hard margarine, melted
1 1/2 cups hot water

Preheat oven to 350◦F. Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
Spread the apples in the bottom of the pan and sprinkle liberally with cinnamon.
In a medium bowl, stir together the butter, egg, flour, sugar, and baking powder. Spread batter evenly over apples in pan.
In a separate small bowl, stir together the remaining ingredients. Pour over batter, do not stir.
Bake for 30-40 minutes until topping is cooked and apples are soft. Let stand for several minutes before serving and serve warm.

This is a fairly quick and easy fall dessert, snack food, or sweet breakfast dish that used some nice, fresh apples. It is something like apple slices in a caramel sauce topped with a cake-like batter, but really combines all in one to form a nice pudding. It is excellent warm from the oven and needs no more garnish. It may not look the prettiest, but you could dress it up with some nuts or a little ice cream or whipped cream. It is something like an apple jack, apple cobbler, apple crisp, or apple pan dowdy dish.