Categories: Desserts 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      4    MacIntosh apples, peeled, 
           -cored and cut into large 
           -pieces 
    1/4 c  Sugar 
      1 pn Of salt 
    1/2 c  Cold unsalted butter, cut 
           -into small pieces 
    3/4 c  All-purpose flour 
    1/2 c  Light brown sugar 
      1 pt Vanilla ice cream 
  
  Preheat oven to 350F. Toss apples, sugar and salt together. Divide equally 
  among 4 individual oven proof bowls, ramekins or gratin dishes. Combine 
  butter and flour with fingertips until mixture is crumbly and has the 
  texture of oatmeal. Add brown sugar, allowing lumps to remain in mixture. 
  Distribute evenly over apples. Bake 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold with a 
  scoop of vanilla ice cream. 
   
  From the cookbook "Apples" by Robert Berkley 
   
  AR/93