It's raining in Southern California!! I know it's not terribly impressive in the grand scheme of things, but it's pretty exciting (being so rare) for Angelinos--and it makes a perfect day for baking and sewing. To that end, I'm making a petite desert based on the Brown Betty recipe from Grandma's Wartime Kitchen.
Because I am making my deserts cupcake size & not in a casserole dish, I made a few changes to the recipe.
I cut up 2 apples with a mandoline & softened them in a frying pan with the brown sugar, cinnamon & orange zest. Meanwhile I sliced and toasted some leftover dinner rolls, pulsed them into crumbs and mixed in 1/2 tsp more cinnamon & 1 tsp more sugar. I layered the fruit & crumbs as directed, including my tsp of butter in the last layer & spooning some orange juice over the top of each. The mini Brown Betties were then baked for 15 min, until the crumb topping turned golden.
I baked them in cupcake cups and, though the paper got soggy, I'm glad I did.
The problem with not including the normal amount of butter & forming an actual batter, is that nothing sticks together. Ah well, maybe it wasn't pretty, but it *was tasty.
Because I am making my deserts cupcake size & not in a casserole dish, I made a few changes to the recipe.
I cut up 2 apples with a mandoline & softened them in a frying pan with the brown sugar, cinnamon & orange zest. Meanwhile I sliced and toasted some leftover dinner rolls, pulsed them into crumbs and mixed in 1/2 tsp more cinnamon & 1 tsp more sugar. I layered the fruit & crumbs as directed, including my tsp of butter in the last layer & spooning some orange juice over the top of each. The mini Brown Betties were then baked for 15 min, until the crumb topping turned golden.
I baked them in cupcake cups and, though the paper got soggy, I'm glad I did.
The problem with not including the normal amount of butter & forming an actual batter, is that nothing sticks together. Ah well, maybe it wasn't pretty, but it *was tasty.
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