Brown Betty
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Brown Betty

Ingredients

  • 2 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 cup sliced apples, pared and cored
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Mix the crumbs, apples, sugar, salt and cinnamon well pour water and lemon juice over the mixture.
  2. Place in a buttered baking-dish.
  3. Place the butter over the top in small pieces.
  4. Cover the pan with a lid and bake in a moderate oven forty-five to sixty minutes.
  5. Remove the lid after the brown betty has been cooking twenty-five minutes.
  6. More water may be needed if the apples are not very juicy.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Ingredients: bread crumb, cinnamon, apple, water, lemon juice, sugar, butter, salt

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, stove

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