Buttery Apple Brown Betty (mf)

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Grains, Eggs, Dairy		Cob/crisp-d, Fruit-des, Nut-des	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Finely chopped walnuts
1/4	c	Flour
3/4	t	Ground cinnamon
1	pn	Salt
4	T	Chilled butter
4		Dried out egg bread, brioche
		or challah bread crusts
		removed and cut into
		3/4inch cubes
1/3	c	Melted butter
1	c	Raisins soaked in rum, port
		or cognac
4		Granny smith or golden
		delicious apples peeled
		and cored quartered and
		sliced
		Vanilla ice cream or whipped
		cream for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix walnuts, flour, cinnamon and salt together, set aside.  Preheat the
oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a 9 inch square  baking pan.  Cut
the chilled butter into the walnut and cinnamon flour, with a  pastry
blender or fork until it is like coarse crumbs; set aside.  Drizzle
melted butter over cubed bread to coat, then toss with apples  and
raisins  Transfer apples and bread to a baking dish and top with walnut
flour  topping; bake for 45 minutes or until crisp. Serve hot or warm
with  ice cream.  Yield: 6 servings  Note that if you are starting out
with fresh bread, then dry it out  first in an oven  Copyright, 1996,
TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved  MC Format by Gail Shermeyer
<4paws@netrax.net>.  Recipe by: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6633
Posted to MC-Recipe  Digest V1 #718 by 4paws@netrax.net
(Shermeyer-Gail) on Aug 03, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 210 Calories From Fat: 184 Total Fat: 21.1g Cholesterol: 47.5mg Sodium: 51.1mg Potassium: 33.8mg Carbohydrates: 4.9g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 1.5g

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