Apple Brown Betty
A classic American apple dessert with layers of cinnamon-spiced apples topped with a tender pastry crust. Baked until golden and bubbling.
30 mins
55 mins
1 hr 25 mins
Ingredients
Equipment Needed
- pie dish
Ingredients
Equipment Needed
- pie dish
Instructions
Prepare the Dough
- 1
Mix dry ingredients
Combine 1/2 cup sugar, flour, and baking powder.
- 2
Form dough
Add egg and stir till dough forms.
- 3
Rest dough
Rest 30 minutes.
Prepare the Filling
- 1
Make sugar mixture
In a bowl, mix together 3 tablespoons sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- 2
Toss apples
Put apples in a bowl with lemon juice and toss.
Assemble and Bake
- 1
Prepare dish
Lightly butter a pie dish.
- 2
Layer ingredients
Divide quantities of apples, sugar mix, and butter into thirds mentally and place into pie dish one third of each at a time (9 layers total): apples, sugar, butter, apples, sugar, butter, apples, sugar, butter.
- 3
Add crust
Place the flattened dough on top as a crust and place in oven.
- 4
Bake
Cook 10 minutes at 450°F, then 45 minutes at 350°F.
- 5
Cool
Cool for 20 minutes before serving.
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