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How to use stale bread to make a classic British pudding – recipe | Waste not

This year, we made a brown betty, a wonderful, crumble-like dessert made with stale bread.

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The Guardian reports that this year, we made a brown betty, a wonderful, crumble-like dessert made with stale bread.

A thrifty and delicious crumble-like autumnal treat, a bit like a cobbler … or a buckle … or a grunt … We have a family tradition of making our daughter a fruit pie of some sort for her first day of school each September. We kept things seasonal with apples and blackberries from the garden, but any…

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