Apple Brown Betty
- 6 Granny Smith, Crispin, Golden Delicious, or other firm baking apples
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons Basic Gluten-Free Flour Mix (page 19)
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 5 slices gluten-free bread (4 ounces), roughly torn (I use Ener-G Seattle Brown Loaf for this; see Resources, page 177)
- 2 tablespoons dairy-free, soy-free vegetable shortening
- Preheat the oven to 375F.
- Grease an 8 by 8-inch baking dish liberally with vegetable shortening.
- To make the filling, peel, core, and slice the apples into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Toss with the flour mix, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Cook the apples in the microwave on high for 6 minutes, stopping to toss gently after 3 minutes, until the syrup is thick and glossy.
- Remove from the microwave and set aside.
- To make the crumb, combine the light brown sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor.
- Pulse to combine.
- Add the bread and pulse until you have a rough crumb (about 20 pulses).
- Spread half of the bread crumb mixture in the bottom of the baking dish.
- Top with the filling, then with the remaining half of the bread crumb mixture.
- Dot the top with the shortening.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling, rotating the pan halfway through.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
- Store, covered, at room temperature.
- Precooking the apples in the microwave is a tip I learned from one of my favorite magazines, Cooks Illustrated.
- What this does is convert the pectin within the apple cells into a more heat-stable form, so you can cook the apples longer without winding up with a soggy mess.
- In this particular recipe, this provides the extra cooking time the apples need, without causing you to burn the crumb topping.
- The finished product makes for a betty with a baked, not-too-mushy, not-too-soupy apple filling and a crispy, crunchy crust.
golden delicious, flour, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, salt, brown sugar, lemon zest, ground cinnamon, salt, bread, vegetable shortening
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apple-brown-betty-379087 (may not work)