Apple Brown Betty

By JimMac

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarse day-old (rather dry) bread
• 6 cups baking apples (tart like Granny Smith)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 TBS lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 TBS margarine (or butter)

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

1. Grease a 11 x 9 (or close) baking dish – the long type of baking dish. The dish is traditionally buttered, but Crisco or Pam spray are fine too.
2. Sprinkle approximately 1/3 of the bread crumbs over the bottom of the baking dish.
3. Place ½ of the apples over the bread crumbs.
4. Mix together the sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Put ½ of this sugar mixture over the apples.
5. As you can see, you’re making layers here. Add 1/3 of bread crumbs and then the rest of the apples sprinkled with the rest of the sugar mixture. Top with the final 1/3 of the bread crumbs.
6. Splash the lemon juice and water over the top of the Apple Brown Betty.
7. Cut the butter up in small chunks and place around on top of the apple casserole.
8. Bake covered at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
9. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes.

Apple Brown Betty can be served hot or cold. It’s wonderful hot with ice cream on top. It’s also delicious with whipped cream. Just serve it as you would serve apple pie, but you don't have to worry about the pastry crust when you make Apple Brown Betty.