Hot Fruit Dessert (A Favorite Dessert of President Kennedy)

According to Mary Barelli Gallagher, Jacqueline Kennedy's White House secretary, this was a favorite dessert of President Kennedy.

Source: My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy, Mary Barelli Gallagher, David McKay Company, Inc. 1969

Hot Fruit Dessert

3 small cans apricots
3 small cans pineapple pieces
3 small cans peaches
3 No. 2 cans pitted Bing cherries
3 oranges
3 lemons
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Nutmeg

Grate rind of oranges and lemons into sugar. Spread fruits, layer by layer, including oranges and lemons, sliced very thin, in baking dish. Sprinkle each layer with brown sugar mixture and a generous sprinkling of nutmeg.

Heat all until very hot and serve topped with some sour cream.

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Baked Apricots (Boyce Memorial ARP Church Cookbook Kings Mountain NC 1977)

Baked Apricots 
(Boyce Memorial ARP Church Cookbook Kings Mountain NC 1977)

2 cans (No. 303) apricot halves, drained
1 stick margarine
1 1/2 cups crushed Ritz crackers
3/4 cup brown sugar

Layer apricots, brown sugar, crumbs, and magarine (cut into small pieces) in 8 inch square pan or 7 x 11 baking dish. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.