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Apple Brown Betty Recipe

Can't help but wonder who was Betty? Did she create the recipe or did someone name it in her honor? In either case, it was a long time ago because Apple Brown Betty has been around for many years.

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

Apple Brown Betty Directions:
1. Grease a 11 x 9 baking dish. Buttered is recommended, but Crisco or Pam spray are fine.
2. Sprinkle approximately 1/3 of the bread crumbs over the bottom of the baking dish.
3. Place 1/2 of the apples over the bread crumbs.
4. Mix together the sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Put 1/2 of this sugar mixture over the apples.
5. Add 1/3 of the 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.(layered)
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 spread around the top.
8. Bake covered at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
9. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes.
Serve hot or cold. Good with ice cream or whipped cream on top.

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