Cranberry Betty (1958)

Submitted by Chocolatl

"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: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• 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.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Made just one change (more or less) ~ Although it wasn't stated in the recipe one way or another, I did use breadcrumbs from a very flavorful, nutty, whole grain bread (rather than white breadcrumbs), & although my did change the flavor, the resulting Betty was great! I love cranberries, so I know I'll be making it again before long! Thanks for posting the recipe! [Made & reviewed in Everyday Is a Holiday recipe tag]