Apple Brown Betty

You can't beat a classic apple filling topped with crispy, buttery crumb - Comfort food at its finest

📝 Ingredients

• 2 lbs Apples (approx 6 medium apples (at room temperature) peeled, cored, and cut into wedges))
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup light-brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar packed
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons butter (melted)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and position the oven rack one level below the center. Butter a 12 by 8-inch baking dish (or medium casserole dish with a similar size), and set aside.
2. 2--- For The Filling ---
3. 3Mix the apples with the lemon juice in a small mixing bowl. Add the flour, brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and toss to evenly coat. Mix in the melted butter and vanilla.
4. 4Pour apple mixture into a prepared baking dish and spread into an even layer.
5. 5--- For The Topping ---
6. 6Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Add the warm melted butter and stir to blend. Squeeze a handful of the topping into your hand, if it doesn't clump together, add some more melted butter until it does.
7. 7Hand-squeeze small handfuls of topping together and crumble clumps evenly over top of apples.
8. 8Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes.