Definition of Brown Betty

1. Noun. Baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs.

Generic synonyms: Pudding

Definition of Brown Betty

1. Noun. A simple American baked pudding made with layers of sweetened and spiced fruit (usually apple) and buttered breadcrumbs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Betty

brown
brown-bag
brown-bagger
brown-bill
brown-haired
brown-nose
brown-noser
brown-nosers
brown-noses
brown-out
brown-outs
brown-recluse
brown-sequard syndrome
brown-tail moth
brown Betty (current term)
brown Windsor soup
brown adipose tissue
brown ale
brown ales
brown alga
brown algae
brown argus
brown arguses
brown ash
brown atrophy
brown bag
brown bagged
brown bagging
brown bags

Literary usage of Brown Betty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Eve's Pudding, and brown Betty. Chop fine six ounces of bread and *ir sour apples ; add six eggs and sir ounces of sugar well beaten together ; six ounces ..."

2. The Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, Rumford Chemical Works (1908)
"brown Betty 2 cups fine bread crumbs. 3 cups stewed sweetened apples. 3 tablespoons butter. Melt the butter and add the crumbs, stirring till they have ..."

3. A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: Or, Herbert's Note-book by William Howitt (1855)
"Perhaps, we said, he was a terrible fellow, that made them all afraid; and so we dubbed him BLUE BEARD, and the little brown hen LITTLE brown Betty, ..."

4. Oxford Night Caps, Being a Collection of Receipts for Making Various by Richard Cook (1871)
"brown Betty. brown Betty does not differ materially from the preceding; it is said to have derived its name from one of the fair sex, ..."

5. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"brown Betty. To make a brown Betty you must dissolve a pound of brown sugar in a pint of water ; slice a lemon into it ; let it stand a quarter of an hour ..."

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