Apple Brown Bettys

Apple Brown Betty's in years past were a way for people to use up old stale bread and not have to waist it. Today I think for many, at least for me it elicits fond memories of my child hood and some of my favorite desert flavors.

So I am going to give you an up dated recipe for an old favorite.

Ingredients:

1 loaf Brioche- take off crust slice and break into somewhat equal pieces

1 cube unsalted Butter

1 TSP Cinnamon

1/8 tsp Nutmeg

1 TSP Pure Vanilla

6-7 Granny Smith Apples -peeled, cored, and sliced

1 C packed Brown Sugar

Raw Sugar

Directions:

Prepare pan, I use a brownie size pan, coat it with butter and sugar. Do this like you would do if you were going to put oil and flour into a pan to stop something from sticking. Set aside

Melt butter, pour over brioche, and set aside.

Toss apples with juice of 1 lemon, to help them keep a nice color.

mix: sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Add vanilla mix (I like to use a fork)

Add Apples mix so that all the apples get nice and coated with the sugar mixture

In prepared pan layer brioche then apples, then repeat end with brioche.

Top the layers with a Raw Sugar, you will want to use raw sugar because it has less of a potential to burn than granulated sugar. Trust me don't leave this off, it crystallizes on the top and give you this beautiful crunch that is just yummy!

Bake at 350 for about 50-55 minutes or until golden brown and apples are soft, but not mushy when pocked with a knife.

Enjoy!