Ingredients:

• 2 c flour
• 1/2 ts salt
• 1/2 c unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
• 5 - 6 tablespoons ice water
• 1 1/4 lb cooking apples, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
• 8 ts sugar
• 16 ts shredded cheddar cheese

Direction:

Combine flour and salt in large bowl.  With a pastry blender or 2
knives cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.  Gradually
sprinkle with ice water, tossing with a fork until all is moistened.
Gather dough into a ball.  Divide dough in half.  Form each ball
into a square.  Wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Cut each dough square in quarters.
On lightly floured surface, roll out each pastry piece to a 5-inch
circle.  Press pastry rounds into 4-inch tartlet pans.  Trim edge.
Set pans on baking sheet.  Spoon chopped apples evenly in pastry
shells. Sprinkle each with 1 ts sugar.  Bake at 425 degrees F for
20 minutes until pastry is lightly browned and apple is tender.
Remove from oven. Sprinkle each tartlet with 2 ts cheese.  Bake at
425 degrees F for 5 minutes until cheese is golden brown.  Serve
hot or cold.