Apple Brown Betty

Name: Apple Brown Betty
Ingredients: 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter; Approximately 3 cups fresh bread crumbs; 6 firm apples (such as Cortland, Winesap, Northern Spy), peeled, cored and sliced very thin; 6 firm apples (such as Cortland, Winesap, Northern Spy), peeled, cored and sliced very thin; 6 firm apples (such as Cortland, Winesap, Northern Spy), peeled, cored and sliced very thin; 6 firm apples (such as Cortland, Winesap, Northern Spy), peeled, cored and sliced very thin; 10 ounces red currant jelly; 2 ounces dry sherry; Whipped cream for serving (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1998

About

Brown Betty is everyone’s favorite and as Yankee as you can get. Sherry makes the difference.

Ingredients

12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter
Approximately 3 cups

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Generously butter a 5-cup loaf pan. Dust the bottom of the pan with ⅛-inch thickness of bread crumbs. Cover the bread crumbs with bits of shaved butter. Top with a layer of apples slightly overlaping. Spread a thin layer of currant jelly over