Piper Street Inn

Healdsburg, California

Specialty Recipe

Apple Brown Betty

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons butter

3 cups whole wheat bread crumbs (about 5 slices)

1 lemon

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

2 Tablespoons water

5 large Granny Smith baking apples, or other tart variety

2 Tablespoons butter

Heavy cream (optional)

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Liberally butter a 2-quart round baking dish. Melt 2 Tablespoons butter, pour it on the bread crumbs, and mix well. Set aside. Grate the lemon rind. In a small bowl, mix the grated rind with the sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside. Squeeze the juice of the lemon into another small bowl, add the water, and set aside.

Peel, core, and slice the apples thinly. Place 1/3 of the bread crumbs in the bottom of the baking dish. Cover with 1/2 of the apples. Sprinkle 1/2 of the sugar-lemon mixture on top of the apples. Cover with another 1/3 of the breadcrumbs, then the remaining apples. Sprinkle the rest of the sugar-lemon mixture on top of the apples. Pour over the lemon water and cover with the rest of the breadcrumbs. Dot with 2 Tablespoons butter.

Cover the dish and place it in the 450-degree oven. Immediately reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, then remove cover and bake for 10 to 15 minutes longer until browned. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Loosen the edges with a knife, then turn out, upside down, onto a plate.

Serve warm. If you wish, serve with a little pitcher of heavy cream, which may be poured over individual servings.

This recipe from Moosewood Restaurant.

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