Apple Brown Betty

Name: Apple Brown Betty
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 12 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered, and sliced about 1/4-inch thick; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 14 cups stale plain cake crumbs or 1 14 cups plain breadcrumbs; 12 cup light brown sugar; 14 cup granulated sugar; 1 14 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 14 teaspoon ground allspice; 14 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 pinch ground cloves; 1 pinch salt; 13 cup apple cider; vanilla ice cream, for serving

13 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 12 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered, and sliced about 1/4-inch thick
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 14 cups stale plain cake crumbs or 1 14 cups plain breadcrumbs
12 cup light brown sugar
14 cup granulated sugar
1 14 teaspoons ground cinnamon
14 teaspoon ground allspice
14 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pinch ground cloves
1 pinch salt
13 cup apple cider
vanilla ice cream, for serving

Directions

1

Using 1 tablespoon of the butter, liberally coat a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
2

In a medium bowl combine the apples and lemon juice and toss to combine.
3

In a small bowl combine the cake crumbs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves and salt and toss to thoroughly combine.
4

Scatter 3 tablespoons of the crumb mixture onto the bottom of the baking dish and top with half of the apples.
5

Drizzle the apple cider over the apples then top with about half of the remaining crumb mixture.
6

Dot with half of the remaining butter.
7

Repeat with the remaining fruit, crumbs, and butter.
8

Bake until the apples are bubbly and tender and the crumbs are nicely browned, 45 to 50 minutes.
9

Cool briefly on a wire cooling rack before serving warm, with scoops of ice cream on top.