Apple Brown Betty

By stacymd23

Ingredients

• 4-5 slices of white bread, torn into large pieces
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 2 1/2 lbs gala apples (ab 6) peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinbamon, plus more for serving
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat to 375. In a food processor, pulse bread until coarse crumbs form (to yield 2 cups) spread bread crumbs on a rimmed baking sheet; bake until golden, tossing occassionally, 8 - 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, let cool completely. Add butter and toss until evenly coated.

2. Place apples in a large bowl, and toss w/lemon juice. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and half the bread mixture. Transfer mixture of a shallow 2 quart baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil.

3. Bake until fruit mixture is bubbling about 40 minutes. Remove foil, and continue baking until bread crumbs are browned and apples are easily pierced with tip of a sharp knife, 10- 15 minutes more. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving. Serve with ice cream and sprinkle with cinnamon