4 cup butter, divided
1 lb apple, tart, peeled, cored,
1 cup cashews, coarsely chopped
1 tsp sugar
3 cup hard cider
1 chicken, cut up
Directions
Saut# chicken lightly in 1/2 cup of the butter. Place apples in a
buttered shallow baking dish; top with chicken and sprinkle with nuts
and sugar. Add cider; dot with remaining butter. Cover. Bake in
preheated moderate oven (375 F.) until tender, about 45 minutes.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
-- Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Vol. 1
per Steve Herrick
Servings: 4 servings
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