{"id":555,"date":"2012-09-26T15:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miancatalano.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2012-09-26T17:48:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T21:48:39","slug":"apple-betty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Apple Betty"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re only 5 days into autumn and I\u2019ve already made 2 apple crisps, 2 versions of apple betty, and 1 apple strudel. I\u2019ve been getting lots of apples from my fruit share since August! So far, my mom\u2019s favorite apple dessert is the Apple Betty from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book<\/em> (1996). Their version of this old-fashioned, baked fruit dessert uses soft bread cubes instead of dry breadcrumbs. My mom loves the crunchy bread topping!<\/p>\n

Apple Betty is fun and easy to put together; my mom may even make it with her pre-school class. The children will definitely enjoy tearing the bread into pieces, slicing the apples under adult supervision, and measuring the other ingredients. Sounds like a great lesson!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Looks like stuffing, but it’s dessert!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apple Betty<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Serves 6<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    5 cups peeled, cored, and sliced cooking apples (5 medium)<\/p>\n

    \u00bd cup sugar<\/p>\n

    1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour<\/p>\n

    \u00bd tsp. ground cinnamon<\/p>\n

    5 cups white bread cubes (about 7 slices)<\/p>\n

    3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted<\/p>\n

    whipped cream (optional)<\/p>\n

    1. (Preheat the oven to 375\u00b0F.) For filling, in a large mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add apples; toss to coat. Add 2 cups of the bread cubes; toss gently till combined. Transfer filling into an ungreased 2-quart square baking dish.<\/p>\n

    2. For topping, place remaining bread cubes in a medium mixing bowl. Drizzle with melted butter or margarine; toss to coat. Sprinkle topping over fruit filling. Bake in a 375\u00b0 oven about 30 minutes or till fruit is tender and topping is golden. If desired, serve warm with whipped cream.<\/p>\n

    Note:\u00a0I used Italian semolina bread instead of white bread in this recipe with excellent results. Feel free to use\u00a0any\u00a0bread that you have on hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We\u2019re only 5 days into autumn and I\u2019ve already made 2 apple crisps, 2 versions of apple betty, and 1 apple strudel. I\u2019ve been getting lots of apples from my fruit share since August! So far, my mom\u2019s favorite apple dessert is the Apple Betty from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (1996). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miancatalano.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}