Anne’s In the Kitchen Making
My historic Mother-in-Law’s Apple Brown Betty
 
 
Ingredients:

• Two cups thinly sliced tart cooking apples, like Granny Smith
• 1 -1/4 cups brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• ½ tsp. brown sugar
• ½ tsp. (or more if you love it) of cinnamon
• 2 -1/2 cups of white bread, cubed
• 1/4 cup water

Method:

• Combine apples, sugar, and cinnamon.
• Melt butter, add bread cubes and mix thoroughly .
• Butter a baking dish and place alternate layers of bread cubes and apples in it, finishing with the layer of bread cubes on top.
• Add ¼ cup water and bake, covered, in a moderate oven, 375° f, for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Uncover and brown lightly, serve with vanilla sauce.

 
Vanilla sauce:

• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/3 cup sugar
• Two egg yolks
• 2 Tbs. sugar
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. butter

Method:

• Bring milk and 1/3 cup of sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Beat egg yolks and 2 Tbs. sugar till light and lemon colored .
• Pour milk over eggs and stir vigorously, and heat without boiling until thick .
• Remove from heat and add vanilla flavoring.
  
  

For a drop-dead simple and more exotic vanilla sauce:

• One large package of vanilla instant pudding
• 1 cup milk
• 1-1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup brandy

Method:

• Whisk all together and give it a half hour to an hour to thicken. Serve on any dessert you can dream up or eat it with a spoon.