Apple Brandy Betty Recipes

APPLE BRANDY

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat., Place apples in a large glass or plastic container; add the sugar mixture, brandy, cloves and cinnamon stick. Cover and let stand at room temperature for at least two weeks, stirring once a week., Strain brandy mixture; discard apples and spices. Pour into glass bottles. Place an additional three cloves and one cinnamon stick in each bottle.

APPLE BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie plate.
• Mound sliced apples in the pie plate. Sprinkle with orange juice.
• In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Scatter over the apples.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Serve warm.

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Tear toast into bite-sized pieces; place in a greased 1-1/2-qt. casserole. Top with apples. Combine sugars and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples. Drizzle with butter. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour, stirring after 30 minutes. Serve warm with cream.

GRANDMA'S APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Arrange slices in the bottom of a lightly greased 12x9 pan.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Mix flour and brown sugar.
• Cut in butter until crumbly and set aside.
• Syrup: Combine ingredients and stir well.
• Drizzle half of mixture over apples.
• Cover with flour mix.
• Pour remaining syrup over top.
• Bake at 350 for one hour.

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Generously butter a 9-by-13-inch rectangular baking dish.
• Place half the diced bread in the baking dish, and then sprinkle on half the diced apples, half the brown sugar and half the butter. Repeat with another layer of bread, apples, brown sugar and butter. End by sprinkling 1/2 cup water all over the surface, a spoonful at a time.
• Bake, covered in foil, until the apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes to brown.

APPLE-BRANDY BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, toss bread with butter until coated. In a large bowl, toss together apples, brown sugar, maple syrup, nutmeg, prunes, brandy, juice, and half the bread until combined. Transfer mixture to an 8-inch square baking dish and top with remaining bread.
• Cover with foil and bake until mixture is bubbling and apples are tender, about 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

APPLE BROWN BETTY WITH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Butter and sugar a baking dish and reserve the remaining sugar.
• In a large mixing bowl combine apple wedges, lemon juice, brown sugar, spices, salt and apple brandy. Toss to combine evenly. In a separate mixing bowl add bread cubes, pour in the melted butter and toss to coat evenly. Layer bread cubes in the bottom of the baking dish followed by apples and repeat this so you have 2 layers of each. Press gently on top of the fillings to compact slightly. Pour any remaining liquid over the apples and bread cubes. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Serve topped with a scoop of ice cream and powdered sugar.

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 2-quart casserole with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, stir together bread crumbs and melted butter. In small bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Place half of the apple slices in casserole; sprinkle with half of the brown sugar mixture and half of the bread crumb mixture. Repeat layers. Pour cider over top.
• Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is browned. Serve warm.

POMEGRANATE-APPLE BRANDY COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Fill 1-quart pitcher halfway with ice. Add brandy, pomegranate juice and food color; stir.
• Pour grenadine evenly into 6 champagne flutes. Carefully pour brandy mixture into each glass, straining out ice and pouring slowly down side of glass so mixture floats on top of grenadine layer. Garnish with cherries. Serve immediately.

APPLE-BRANDY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, pour 1 cup brandy over apples, raisins and pecans; let stand 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and side of 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, butter, water, nutmeg, allspice and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 2 minutes. Stir in apple mixture. Pour into pan.
• Bake cake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.
• Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat all Brandy Sauce ingredients to boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Prick top of cake several times with fork. Pour Brandy Sauce over warm cake. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Store loosely covered.