Brown Betty Recipe 3

• 3 cups chopped apples
• 2 cups bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• Juice and rind of 1/2 lemon
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter

1. Mix the sugar with the spices.
2. Arrange 1/2 of the crumbs in the bottom of the pan.
3. Place 1/2 the apples, 1/2 the sugar mixture, and 1/2 the lemon juice in the pan. Also add 1/2 the melted butter over the apples followed by 1/4 of the bread crumbs and the remainder of the apples, sugar, lemon, and the melted butter.
4. Over all this, pour the water.
5. If apples are very juicy, omit all or part of the water.
6. Cover with the remaining fourth of the bread crumbs.
7. Put in a medium oven, cover, and bake until the apples begin to get tender.
8. Remove the cover and serve.

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