Apple Brown Betty, No. 1

Name: Apple Brown Betty, No. 1
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups bread crumbs; 1/4 cup butter, melted; 1 quart tart apples, sliced; 1/2 cup sugar, brown or white; 1/4 tsp nutmeg, grated; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 lemon, grated rind; 1/2 lemon juice; 1/2 cup hot water

9 ingredients•10 steps•6 servings

1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
2
Mix bread crumbs and butter lightly with a fork.
3
Cover bottom of buttered baking dish with crumbs.
4
Spread half the apples over crumbs.
5
Combine sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, lemon rind, and lemon juice. Sprinkle half of this mixture over the apples.
6
Repeat layers with remaining apples and spice mixture.
7
Cover with remaining crumbs and add hot water.
8
Cover dish at first so crumbs don't brown too rapidly.
9
Bake for 40 minutes.
10
Serve with cream or hard sauce.

💡 Cook's Notes

Original recipe recommends either nutmeg OR cinnamon - you decide if both is too strong. See also Apple Brown Betty recipe #2.