Mike
only needs occasional help with his activities of daily living, but he does
have pain now. With respect to the tribulation that all of us suffer from time
to time, I won’t carry on about this. Even as we faced this surgery with trepidation, we were grateful it wasn’t something worse. But, at risk of
sounding like a brat, I do think I deserve a reward. I’m looking for one. It
only needs to be a day-brightener (or two?) delivered to the mailbox.
Returning
to my study of vintage family recipes, yesterday I made apple brown betty using
the previously posted recipe. I made crumbs of three stale hamburger buns and
then I added a cup of purchased dry crumbs. For the apples, I used two Granny
Smiths and one Gala. I cut back the brown sugar to one cup and left out the
salt. A half cup of liquid didn’t seem like quite enough, and it needed to bake
quite a bit longer in order to soften the apples.
Kathy’s
Updated Apple Brown Betty Casserole
2
c soft bread crumbs
1
c dry bread crumbs
4
c chopped tart apples
1
c brown sugar
2
T melted butter
1
t cinnamon
¾
c boiling water (or apple juice)
Mix
butter, sugar, cinnamon, and bread crumbs.
Grease
a 2 qt. casserole dish.
Layer
the crumbs and apples, beginning and ending with a crumb layer.
Dot
with butter
Pour
at least ½ cup boiling water over the pudding.
Cover and bake
40 minutes at 375. Uncover and bake 10-15 minutes longer until apples are softened and top layer is crisp.
Maybe
you remember Peggy Hill of King of the Hill. Peggy’s signature dish was her old
family recipe for apple brown betty. Any feast, barbecue, or potluck was an
excuse for her to bake her apple brown betty, which was greeted with silence by
everyone else. Out of curiosity, I googled “Peggy Hill’s Apple Brown Betty,”
and sure enough! – a recipe came up (here). I chose to use the one from Mother’s
collection, and we thought it was delicious! KW
4 comments:
I’ve never even heard of this. Funny that one of the King of the Hill writers knew about it.
It is really good.
This sounds good. And at the risk of being horribly out of the know, I've never heard of "King of the Hill."
King of the Hill is a cartoon with adult themes -- out of production since 2007 or so and rerun now and then on the Comedy Channel or Toons. It's not everyone's cup of tea but of all of the cartoons of that ilk, it's relatively tame. Hank Hill is "King of the Hill," and his wife is Peggy. He is employed for a company that sells propane and propane accessories, and Peggy is a substitute teacher.
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