Skillet Apple Brown Betty

Name: Skillet Apple Brown Betty
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 4 large slices, white sandwich bread (about 4 ounces/113 grams), each slice torn into quarters; 2 tablespoons packed, light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 1/4 cup, light brown sugar (1 3/4 ounces/50 grams); 1/4 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; Pinch, table salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 1/2 pounds (680 grams), Granny Smith apples (about 3 medium), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups); 1 1/2 pounds (680 grams), Golden Delicious apples (about 3 medium), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups); 1 1/4 cups, apple cider; 1 - 3 teaspoons, lemon juice from 1 lemon (see note)

Desserts or Baked Goods
Fruit
Fruit Desserts
Holiday
Thanksgiving

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2004, America's Test Kitchen TV

This combination of apples, sugar, and buttered bread crumbs inevitably results in a soggy mess of a dessert. It was time to give "Betty" a serious makeover.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 45 minutes

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