Apple Brown Betty
Source: Miami Herald, 3/7/96
Servings: 8

1 cup dried bread crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter
2 1/2 cups apples -- peeled and sliced
3/4 cup brown sugar -- packed
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp grated lemon rind
1/4 cup water
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup raisins Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the bread crumbs and melted butter. Place about 1/3 of this mixture on the bottom of an 8-inch baking dish. Cover with a layer of about half the apples.

Stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and lemon rind. Sprinkle about half of this sugar mixture over the apple mixture in the baking dish.

Mix together the water, lemon juice and vanilla and sprinkle half this on top of the sugar layer. Reserve the remaining lemon juice and water.

Add another layer of crumbs, then the raisins. Cover with the remaining apples, sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture, then lemon juice and water. Place the last third of the crumb mixture on top.

Cover the dish and bake about 40 minutes, until the apples are nearly tender.

Remove cover and raise heat to 400 degrees F, and let top brown for about 15 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.