Comfort Food? October 2005

Apple Brown Betty
from Steph

2 cups sliced peeled Granny Smith apples (about ¾ pound)
2 cups sliced peeled Rome apples (about ¾ pound)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
¼ cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ cup 1% low fat milk
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ounces day-old Italian or French bread, torn into ½-inch pieces
Cooking Spray
½ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces

Preheat oven to 350
Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Sprinkle apple mixture with granulated sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; toss well. Combine milk, molasses and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add bread to milk mixture, toss to combine. Add bread mixture to apple mixture; toss to combine. Spoon bread mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and brown sugar; cut in chilled butter using a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles small pebbles. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over apple mixture. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Serve warm.