Cranberry Betty (1958)

A betty is a fruit dessert made with breadcrumbs. This one uses bananas and canned cranberry sauce. Adapted from COOKINDEX recipe card D116.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4 -5  bananas
• 1  lemon, juice of, about 1/4 cup
• 1  cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 3  cups  soft breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 (14 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1  grated lemon, zest of
• 2  tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Peel and slice the bananas and sprinkle the lemon juice over them. Set aside.
3. Combine sugar, crumbs, cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well. Remove 1/2 cup of mixture and set aside.
4. Place alternate layers of crumb mixture and bananas in a 1 1/2 quart casserole or baking dish.
5. Top with cranberry sauce, reserved crumb mixture, and lemon zest.
6. Dot with butter.
7. Bake 25 minutes.