Bottom Layer:
4 cups apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease an 8 or 9-inch baking dish. (Or use a cast iron skillet). In a medium bowl, combine apples, flour and sugar. Mix until apples are thoroughly coated. Arrange apples in bottom of prepared baking dish.
Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
In a medium bowl (I use the bowl that I mixed the apples in, don’t even bother to clean it!), stir together brown sugar, flour, cinnamon & salt. With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Spread topping over apples in an even layer. Bake uncovered for about 40 minutes, or until topping is golden and apple mixture is bubbly. Serve warm with a scoop (or two) of ice cream and salted caramel sauce.
-Manda