Apple Brown Betty

Recipe courtesy Alex Guarnashcelli

Show: The Cooking LoftEpisode:

The Big Apple

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (4)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(4)

Cook Time:
50 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 50 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

6 apples, Granny Smith or Braeburn, peeled and cored
3 lemons, zested and juiced
1 1/2 cups unseasoned bread crumbs
1 stick unsalted butter, melted, plus 1 additional tablespoon for greasing the baking dish
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Equipment: 5 creme brulee dishes, shallow and oval

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with a rack in the center of the oven.

Place the apples on a flat surface, cut them in half, and then into thin slices. Put them in a medium bowl and coat them with a light layer of zest from 1 of the lemons and all of the lemon juice.

In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and bread crumbs. Season with salt. Set aside.

In a third bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Mix to blend and add the apple slices.

Grease each baking dish with the remaining butter. Layer the bottom with the apples and cover with the bread crumb mixture.

Cover the dishes tightly with aluminum foil and place in the center of the oven. Bake until the apples are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 30 to 45 minutes. Remove the foil, raise the oven temperature to 425 degrees F and bake until the top browns. Serve immediately.

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Anne Dallas, TX 04-27-2009
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Unfortunate error in recipe.
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

It is unfortunate that the Food Network does not give more attention to the accuracy of the recipes posted. The chefs... themselves might consider checking the accuracy once it is posted. It would not be that big of a job given than we see reruns and more reruns so it is not that often that a new recipe gets posted. As much as I enjoy Food Network, they seem to take little responsibility for their website. As a result, people waste money on ingredients for a bad recipe.Read more
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Douglas Mazomanie, WI 11-07-2008
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I concur...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The written recipe is flawed due to editing. Too much lemon and the preparation step of mixing a little of the sugar... mixture with the apples is screwed up. On the show, Alex mixed the brown sugar, then sprinkied about a tablespoon of just the sugar mixture on the apples and mixed them in. She then combined the remaining sugar mix with the bread crumbs and finally, poured and mixed the melted butter throughout. I'll try a teaspoon of lemon juice and skip the zest next time. They bury the apple taste as written. With those small changes it sould be a pretty good recipe.Read more
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Tina San Jose, CA 10-27-2008
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1 LEMON ONLY
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

She only used the juice and zest of ONE LEMON on the show. It is a typo.
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Renee Patchogue, NY 10-27-2008
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Too much lemon
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

There was WAY too much lemon in this recipe. I don't know if that is a typo or something but I had some friends over for... dinner and all 5 of us didn't like it because of the lemon. I would use maybe 1/2 a lemon, 3 is too much. The crumb topping was really good but I followed how Alex made it on the show, not how it is on the recipe. I mixed a little bit of the sugar/spice mix into the apples and then added the butter and bread crumbs to the sugar/spice mix and put that on top of the apples in the baking dish. The topping came out great. Read more