Boston Brown Bread

Divide your dough in half. Set one part aside, covered. Flour whatever surface you will be rolling the dough on, lightly. Roll the dough rather thin to fit a cookie sheet about 10 and 1/2 inches by 15 and 1/2 inches. Fit the rolled dough on the cookie sheet, crimping the edges all around the pan. Set it aside, covered, to rise again. Keep it out of drafts. Repeat the procedure with the second half of the dough. Once both sheets have risen, brush with melted butter. Spread the fruit on top. Gramie made many different kinds of fruit kuchen. Papa's favorite was cherry, but she also made apple, peach, berry and plum. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Be sure the edges of the kuchen are a nice brown. The middle of the kuchen never seems to be quite done. It is always a bit messy when eating the center pieces.