A little baked Brown Betty

Last week it was National Brown Betty day, inspiring me to take some spare apples and make this last weekend while waiting for the wife and kids to get back from camping (though is it really camping still if they’re out in the rain and mud the whole time?).

• 8 slices of bread, diced
• 1 1/2 sticks of butter
• 4-6 apples
• @1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of water
• Sprinkle of cinnamon (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 and butter a baking dish. I used an 8×11 and this recipe almost overfilled it (but then as it baked, settled down).

Slice the bread into strips, then again into cubes. Slice the apples (I made thin wedges). Place half the bread in the baking dish, followed by half the apples, half the brown sugar (I tried to get a decent, even coating), and then about half the butter (fwiw, my butter was still cold, so I sliced the butter and placed the slices, um, strategically?).

Next layer, the same – bread, apples, sugar, butter.

Cover in foil, bake for 45 minutes.

Pull out, remove foil, return and bake for another 15 minutes.

When I took it out, I sprinkled some cinnamon on top. Nothing measured or overwhelming, just a sprinkle to add some flavor. We ended up eating this 5 hours later, rewarmed, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I’d tell you about day two, but it barely survived that long.