Apple Brown Betty The story behind this classic dessert is somewhat nebulous. The Oxford Companion to Food deduced that there was in fact a real Betty of African-American descent for which the dish is named. It is believed that brown wasnt referring to the dish, but to the cook herself, who may have been of mixed racial background. During colonial times it was common to name desserts after people, and there is further speculation that this Betty might have been a slave. The recipe, made from Granny Smith apples, lemon juice, sugar, sandwich bread, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar, was first published in the Yale Literary Magazine as brown Betty in 1864.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 06:34:36 +0000
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