Apple Brown Betty Recipe

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• Juice from one lemon
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 large tart apples, peeled, cored, quartered, thinly sliced
• 2 cups coarse bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup hard cider

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0F. Using 1/2 tablespoon of butter, generously butter an 8 x 8 glass baking dish. Divide remaining butter into eight slices and set aside. In a small bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside. In a large bowl toss apples in lemon juice and vanilla.
2. Sprinkle crumbs to just cover the bottom of buttered dish. Then layer with one-half of the apples, sprinkle with one-half of the sugar mixture. Add remaining apples and drizzle with hard cider and any remaining lemon juice and vanilla left in the bowl, then top with remaining crumbs sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture.
3. Add butter pats to the top spacing them out evenly. Cover dish with a lid or aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15-20 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

unsalted butter, light brown sugar, cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, lemon, vanilla, tart apples, bread crumbs, hard cider

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/apple-brown-betty-recipe-easy-fall-desserts.html (may not work)