Cookbook: APPLE BROWN BETTY

APPLE BROWN BETTY FOR BAKING BEGINNERS.

Apple Brown Betty is one of the easiest baking dishes to satisfy your sweet tooth. It may be termed as a version of Crisp or Cobbler. You only need to buy fruit from the market as all other ingredients it needs are commonly available in every household.

Apple Brown Betty is traditional American dessert made from fruit (Apple is used mostly for Brown Betty), crumbs or with all-purpose flour as is used in preparing Cobbler or Crisps.

The fruit is baked with layers of broken bread slices, bread crumbs or even flour batter. Brown Sugar and Butter are other ingredients with a little milk or water as well. Nothing special is needed.

I have made this dessert without any milk or water and have used broken bread slices as its base to make it more easy and simple for baking beginners.

As for its history is concerned, this dessert was first mentioned in print in 1864. In 1877 one recipe of this dessert shows apple sauce and cracker crumbs in it.

Unfortunately, nothing is found about the reason and background for the name Brown Betty.

Here we are to start preparing simple and easy Apple Brown Betty, I have created especially for beginners who are interested in baking with the name of ALLAH.

Things you need:

4 Medium Apples (peeled, cored and sliced), I have sliced apples in Donut shape but one can slice them in any shape. The shape is important for presentation only.
1 teaspoon Darchini (Cinnamon) Powder.
6-7 Large Bread Slices, cut in small cubes or coarsely shredded.
1/2 Cup normal Butter
1-1/2 Cups Brown Sugar (Packed) brown sugar make this dessert brown, but if brown sugar is not available at home, no problem in using normal white granulated sugar because we are not presenting our dessert for any competition.
4 Tablespoons Milk or water.
1/2 Teaspoon of Apple Essence (Optional) because Apples usually have their own powering aroma.
Silver Foil for packing the pan.

How we prepare our Betty:

Prepare a 9" Loaf tin or any Glass bowl preferably Pyrex. If both are not available, use any Oven dish with at least 4 inches deep by greasing with oil or butter and applying butter paper in its bottom and side walls as well.
Peel, core and slice apples in any shape you feel easy.
Slice bread into small cubes or merely shred them and place them in the bottom of the dish.
put some soft butter over the bread and then some brown sugar or plain sugar all over the slices.
Now arrange slices of apples over the sugar and repeat this process twice more, making 3 layers.
put all the remaining butter on top.
If you want the dish softer then sprinkle milk or water over it before putting butter on top but if you want it crispy then leave Milk or Water.
Pack the dish with Silver Foil so it may not burn on top.
Preheat Oven on 180 C for 20-30 minutes and then place the pan in it.
After 40-45 minutes peel off the foil and bake it for 5-6 minutes more so that the top turns golden.
Remove from Oven and remove the foil as well and cool it for 15 minutes on Cooling rack.
Place a flat bottom plate on top of the pan and invert it or take it out by first moving a knife all around and then with the help of overhanging butter paper on the serving dish and enjoy with friends and family.