Apple Betty

An Apple Brown Betty is a traditional American dessert made with fruit, usually apples, sprinkled with a shortbread mixture and then baked in the oven.

📝 Ingredients

• 5 Honeycrisp ((or Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced))
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice (, freshly squeezed)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (, sifted)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/6 cup caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup cold butter (, cut into small cubes)
• 2 tablespoons butter (, softened (for the mold))
• Square baking dish (, 9-inch / 22 cm)
• Stand mixer

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 350 F (175°C).
2. 2Butter a 9-inch (22 cm) square baking dish.
3. 3In a bowl, combine the apples and lemon juice and place them at the bottom of the baking dish.
4. 4In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, brown sugar, caster sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt.
5. 5Using the flat beater, pulse twice to combine all the ingredients.
6. 6Add the butter, a few cubes at a time, turning the stand mixer on between each addition of butter or until the butter is completely incorporated and the mixture turns into a kind of coarse breadcrumbs.
7. 7Crumble this mixture over the apples.
8. 8Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the surface is lightly browned.
9. 9Serve hot with whipped cream.