Apple-Blackberry Betty

Name: Apple-Blackberry Betty
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 10 ounces (about 7 slices), hearty white sandwich bread, cut into 1-inch pieces; ½ cup packed (3½ ounces) plus ⅓ cup packed (2⅓ ounces), light brown sugar, divided; ¾ teaspoon, table salt, divided; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1½ pounds, Golden Delicious apple, peeled, cored, and cut into ½-inch pieces; 1 pound, Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons, water; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 3¾ ounces (¾ cup), blackberries, berries larger than ¾ inch cut in half crosswise; Vanilla, ice cream or sweetened whipped cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2021

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Fruit Desserts

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1½ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

An apple Betty is like an apple crisp, but instead of a crumbly butter/sugar/flour topping, it has slightly sweetened bread crumbs both above and below the apples. A combination of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples mixed with just ⅓ ...

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