My dad recently came home from the hospital (had his shoulder replaced) and he requested a favorite dessert that his mother used to make: Apple Brown Betty. I don't have the recipe but found one that looks great from allrecipes.com.

One thing he did say was that the topping (crust) was really good, on the crunchy side I think. The allrecipes recipe doesn't indicate much about the topping though and I haven't tried it as of yet.

Any input would be great! Rider :)

APPLE BETTY
(Submitted by: Barbara Milam on allrecipes.com)

4 cups thinly sliced apples
1/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup butter

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie plate.

2. Mound sliced apples in the pie plate. Sprinkle with orange juice.

3. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Scatter over the apples.

4 Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Serve warm.

SharonCb

In a medium bowl, combine tthe bread crumbs & butter. Sprinkle a few crumbs on the bottom of a 10" pie plate or baking dish. Cover with 1/2 the apples, 1/2 the buttered bread crumbs & 1/2 the maple syrup. Sprinkle with 1/2 the lemon juice, zest, cinnamon & nutmeg. Repeat the laters. Pour the cider over all & bake in a preheated 350° oven for 30 minutes or until the apples are tender.~~