Apple Brown Betty Recipe Epicuriouscom Recipes

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet and remove from heat. Stir in cinnamon, salt, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar, then stir in bread crumbs. Sprinkle one third of crumbs over bottom of a 1-quart shallow baking dish. Peel and coarsely chop 2 apples. Cook with water and remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar in a 1 1/2-quart saucepan, covered, over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Purée chopped apples with cooking liquid in a blender.
• Peel remaining 2 apples and cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges. Arrange wedges over crumbs, then pour hot purée over wedges. Sprinkle with remaining crumbs. Bake in middle of oven until top is golden brown and apples are tender, about 40 minutes. Cool on a rack 10 minutes and serve with frozen yogurt.

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.

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.

APPLE PRUNE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cover prunes with boiling-hot water in a bowl and let stand 15 minutes. Drain and quarter prunes, then toss with apples and lemon juice. Stir together crumbs and butter in another bowl. Stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl. Spread one third of crumbs in a 9-inch pie plate. Cover with half of apple mixture, then sprinkle with half of sugar mixture. Sprinkle with half of remaining crumbs and cover with remaining apples, then remaining sugar mixture. Top with remaining crumbs.
• Bake, covered with foil, until apples are tender, about 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425°F, remove foil, and bake until top is golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Serve warm.

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel, core and slice apples. Place the bread slices in a food processor and blend to make fresh crumbs or finely chop it up. Rub a 1-quart baking dish thickly with butter then sprinkle liberally with brown sugar. Add alternating layers of sliced apples, sugar, and bread crumbs, then repeat, ending with bread crumbs. Thickly sprinkle with sugar and dot with extra butter. Sprinkle on the water. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until well browned on the top. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the apples with the sugar and cinnamon, and stir together.
• In a 9 by 9-inch nonstick baking pan, arrange layers of half of the apple mixture. Dot with half of the margarine, then sprinkle with half of the bread crumbs. Repeat the layers, then sprinkle 1/4 cup water over the top.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the top is golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Serve warm.
• Calories: 307
• Total Fat: 7g
• Protein: 4g
• Carbohydrate: 58g
• Cholesterol: 16mg
• Sodium: 192mg

APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Combine the nutmeg and the sugar and set aside 2 tablespoons. Put the bread cubes in a bowl and toss with the rest of the sugar mixture, the melted butter, and the lemon rind.
• Peel, core, and slice the apples into fairly thick wedges. Line the bottom of a heavy 1 1/2-quart casserole with 1 cup of the bread cubes. Layer half of the apples over the bread and top with 1/2 cup of the bread cubes. Layer the rest of the apples in the casserole and sprinkle with water. Cover with the rest of the bread cubes and evenly sprinkle the reserved 2 tablespoons of sugar over the top. Put the lid on the casserole or cover tightly with foil. Bake in the center of the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Take the lid off the betty, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes longer, or until apples are tender and the topping is brown.

EASY APPLE BROWN BETTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter 1 1 1/2 quart baking dish (also need a lid).
• Toss crumbs and butter togetehr.
• Spread 1/3 of this mixture into baking dish.
• Toss apples, sugar and spice (+lemon) together in a separate bowl.
• Spread 1/2 the apple mixture over crumb layer.
• Repeat until layers end with crumb mixture.
• Add 1/3 cup hot water.
• Cover tightly and cook for 25 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 20 minutes more.
• Serve warm with heavy cream.

APPLE BETTY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare bread crumbs:
• Grind bread to fine crumbs in a food processor. Spread in a shallow baking pan and toast in middle of oven, stirring once, until golden, about 5 minutes. Leave oven on.
• Make shortbread base:
• Cut butter into 1/2-inch pieces, then pulse in a food processor with flour, brown sugar, and salt until it begins to form small lumps. Sprinkle base into a 13- by 9-inch baking pan and press evenly onto bottom. Bake in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
• Prepare filling while shortbread is baking:
• Melt butter and keep warm. Peel, quarter, and core apples and thinly slice quarters crosswise. Stir together sugar and flour in a small bowl.
• Assemble and bake squares:
• Sprinkle half of sugar mixture over hot shortbread, then top with apples and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Top with bread crumbs and drizzle all of butter over them.
• Bake in upper third of oven, pressing down on filling with a metal spatula halfway through baking, until apples are very tender and bread crumbs are golden, 50 minutes to 1 hour total. Cool 20 minutes in pan on a rack.

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.