January 7th, 2011
The Catcher in the Rye and the Brown Betty
A brown betty is a spiced fruit dessert with buttered breadcrumbs or cake-crumb topping that turns golden brown as it cooks. It is similar to a cobbler or a bread pudding. The most popular Brown Betty uses apples, but this one uses pears. A Brown Betty dessert is unfavourably mentioned in J. D. Salinger’s 1951 […]
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January 7, 2011
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Pear Brown Bettys
The Catcher in the Rye and the Brown Betty A brown betty is a spiced fruit dessert with buttered breadcrumbs or cake-crumb topping that turns golden brown as it cooks. It is similar to a cobbler or a bread pudding. The most popular Brown Betty uses apples, but this one uses pears. A Brown Betty […]
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January 7, 2011
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