“Brown Betty” (brown Betty, or Betty mulatto) – traditional American dessert in the form of baked apples with a delicious crust of crackers. As a breadcrumbs, it is better to take it yourself oven-dried crumbled bread crumb, so crust the dessert will turn out more crispy and textured. Mix them with butter, sprinkle on apples laid out in shapes and bake it. Serve a warm dessert with a scoop of ice cream или просто к чаю. 
Time: 1 hour. Complexity: easy Servings: 4 – 6 Recipes use volumetric containers with the volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 6 Granny Smith or Breburn apples, peeled and cores
- Juice and zest of 2-3 lemons (depending on the acid of apples)
- 1.5 tbsp. breadcrumbs
- 100 gr. cranberries
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 and 1/4 Art. brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- Special equipment: 5 molds for creme brulee, shallow and oval
Recipes with similar ingredients: apples, cranberries, breading crackers, brown sugar, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 175 ° C, setting the grid on average level.
- Lay the apples on a flat surface, cut them in half, and then into slices. Stack apples and cranberries in a medium-sized bowl and cover them with a layer of zest of 1 lemon and pour juice squeezed out of all lemons.
- In a separate bowl, mix the butter and breading crackers. Salt. In a third bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Pour the mixture to apples.
- Lubricate the molds with the remaining butter. Put it on the bottom apples and cover with a mixture of breadcrumbs and butter. Tight cover each mold with aluminum foil.
- Place on the middle level of the oven, and bake for 35-40 minutes. Apples should become soft and easily pierced with a knife. Then remove the foil and raise the temperature of the oven to 220 ° C. Bake until a golden crust appears. Ready dessert right away serve.
