Apple Brown Betty

I love a good, warm dessert when it's freezing out.  This was perfect after dinner for my dad's birthday, when it was a cold and windy night. Bread crumbs, brown sugar and apples are layered and baked together in a buttery coating...delicious!

 

 

Ingredients

• 3 whole apples, preferably Granny Smith
• 7 slices wheat bread
• 3/4 cups salted butter
• 1-1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 Tablespoons (to 4 Tablespoons) Water

Directions

Peel and thinly slice 3 apples. Slice bread into a small dice, or tear into very small pieces.

Coat a small baking dish or pie plate with butter. Then add 1/3 of the brown sugar, 1/3 of the apple slices, and 1/3 of the breadcrumbs.

Repeat these layers twice more, ending with breadcrumbs.

Slice butter and lay slices all over the top of the breadcrumbs.

Sprinkle dish with water and a little more brown sugar, and bake in a 375-degree oven, covered in foil, until done – about 45 minutes. Remove foil in last few minutes of baking to brown the top.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream.