lection night results are in, and with 100% of precincts reporting, we have a newly elected apple dish:Apple Brown Betty!
After both votes were counted and carefully re-counted, close runners-up Apple Pie and Apple Tart (1/2 vote each) conceded victory to Betty but vowed to run again in the near future. Also worth mentioning is the lone write-in nominee, Apple Dumplings. If the constituents in this district weren't already in store for another dumpling-based dish this week, we might have seen an even more hotly (and deliciously!) contested race.
Apple Brown Betty
6 medium Haralson apples
1 1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 loaf wheat bread, cubed (I used 10 slices of a loaf from the bakery)
1/4 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t ground nutmeg
1/4 t ground ginger
1/2 C salted butter
Preheat oven to 375 F. Peel, core, and slice apples (I used an apple corer and sliced the wedges in half), chop bread into cubes (or tear by hand, Martha), and mix spices together, set aside. Grease pie pan with butter wrapper, then layer in 1/3 of the sugar, followed by 1/3 of the apples, 1/3 of the spice mix, then 1/3 of the bread cubes. Repeat twice more, topping with butter (I sliced each stick into 12 pats to help with placement), a sprinkle of cinnamon and a touch more sugar. Cover in tin foil and bake 45 mintues, removing the foil for the last 5 minutes. Serve hot with ice cream.
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