Boston Baked Bananas

Combine brown sugar and allspice.

Wash and slice apples. Cook until soft (about 10 minutes) in as little water as possible, stirring from time to time. Put through a food mill. Season with sugar, lemon juice, rind, and cinnamon. Grease a fireproof serving dish with butter. Cut bananas in halves crosswise, then lengthwise, and arrange in the dish. Sprinkle with the brown sugar-allspice mixture. Spread with applesauce, pour on rum and water. Dot with butter. Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 20 minutes. Serve with whipped cream flavored with 1 tablespoon brown sugar, a pinch of allspice, 1 teaspoon rum, or with fruit sauce.