Buttery apple brown betty (mf)
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Finely chopped walnuts |
| ¼ | cup | Flour |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | pinch | Salt |
| 4 | tablespoons | Chilled butter |
| 4 | slices | Dried out egg bread; brioche or challah bread, crusts removed and cut into 3/4inch cubes |
| ⅓ | cup | Melted butter |
| 1 | cup | Raisins soaked in rum; port or cognac |
| 4 | Granny smith or golden delicious apples, peeled and cored, quartered and sliced | |
| Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, for garnish | ||
Directions
Mix walnuts, flour, cinnamon and salt together, set aside.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a 9 inch square baking pan.
Cut the chilled butter into the walnut and cinnamon flour, with a pastry blender or fork until it is like coarse crumbs; set aside.
Drizzle melted butter over cubed bread to coat, then toss with apples and raisins
Transfer apples and bread to a baking dish and top with walnut flour topping; bake for 45 minutes or until crisp. Serve hot or warm with ice cream.
Yield: 6 servings
Note that if you are starting out with fresh bread, then dry it out first in an oven
Copyright, 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved MC Format by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@...>.
Recipe by: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6633 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #718 by 4paws@... (Shermeyer-Gail) on Aug 03, 1997