1/2 cup sugar

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup oatmeal

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

Set the oven at 350 degrees. Have ready an 8-inch square baking pan.

Place the apple slices in the pan. Sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice. In a bowl, mix together the brown sugar, oatmeal, flour and salt. Cut the butter into 16 pieces and drop into the dry ingredients. Using your fingertips, pinch the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal.

Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the apples and bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until the top is golden and the apples are cooked but not soggy. Serve immediately with ice cream.

Serves 6.