Pare and core some good cooking apples, place them in an earthen or
granite ware dish that fits in a steamer. Have water boiling in the
steamer, set the dish over it, stretch a towel over the top, put on the
cover and fold the ends of the towel over it. Steam the apples until
tender--about twenty minutes. Take the apples out, measure the juice in
the pan and add to it an equal quantity of sugar, flavor with a little
lemon juice, cook until thick, put the apples in a glass dish and pour
the syrup over them. It will be a jelly when cold. Serve with cream.