Apple Cobbler

This is perfect for fall.  The recipe is very simple, so feel free to add extras (...sometimes I like to use cranberries or oats or cinnamon.)  There is almost never any leftover.  The recipe is from the book Cobblers from Hachette Illustrated Press. 
I made this yesterday as the only side dish/dessert for a duck.  We hardly ever have duck, so I was at a loss as far as accompaniments, but this way I was sure to have room for dessert. ;)

Filling:
6-7 cooking apples, peeled, cored, and cut into pieces
2 oz butter

Topping:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
pinch of salt
7 oz unsalted butter, diced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar  -the original recipe calls for only granulated sugar (1 cup) but I LOVE the chewy texture you can achieve from incorporating brown sugar.

Preheat the oven to 350.
Brown the apples in a pan in the butter.
Prepare the cobbler topping by putting the flour, salt, and butter in a bowl and rubbing them together with your fingers to form large crumbs.  Add the sugar and mix well.  (I like to grease my baking dish with butter even though the recipe doesn't call for it.  It allows for some of the brown sugar to caramelize at around the bottom. )  Spread a thin layer of cobbler in the bottom of an oven-proof dish, cover with the apples, then sprinkle the rest of the cobbler on top.
Bake for 40-50 min., or until the top is golden brown.
P.S.  I like to serve this warm, with some sort of cream on top.  Last evening it was this: