Instructions
Apple Brown Betty was my Dad’s favorite dessert and my mother had several different recipes for it. None better (or easier) than this one:
1/2 cup butter
5-6 pie apples (such as Rhode Island Greenings, Granny Smith)
half a lemon
4 cups diced homestyle white bread
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Melt the butter and set it aside. Peel, core and cut the apples into bite size pieces, placing them in a baking dish (1-1/2 quart). Squeeze the lemon juice over the apples and toss the fruit to coat it with the juice. Place the bread, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl and toss to distribute the ingredients evenly. Pour in the butter and toss ingredients again to coat the bread with the butter. Arrange the buttered bread mixture over the apples. Bake for or until the top is browned and crispy. Let cool slightly but serve warm.
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