Sour Cream Apple Pie
A rich and decadent apple pie featuring tart McIntosh apples in a sour cream filling, topped with a crunchy walnut streusel. The combination of tender apples, creamy filling, and nutty topping creates a unique twist on traditional apple pie.
Ingredients
- •1¾ cups all purpose flour
- •¼ cup sugar
- •1 teaspoon cinnamon
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •⅝ cup chilled butter
- •¼ cup ice water or cold apple cider
- •8 whole Mcintosh apples
- •1⅔ cups sour cream
- •1 cup sugar
- •⅓ cup all purpose flour
- •1 whole egg
- •2 teaspoons vanilla
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •1 cup chopped walnuts
- •½ cup all purpose flour
- •⅓ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- •⅓ cup granulated sugar
- •1 tablespoon cinnamon
- •1 pinch salt
- •½ cup butter
- •room temperature
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter using pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add water and toss mixture gently with fork until evenly moistened. Gather gently into ball. Transfer to lightly floured board and roll into circle slightly larger than a deep 10-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pan and flute a high edge. Set aside.
15 min
- 2.
Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine apples, sour cream, sugar, flour, egg, vanilla, and salt in large bowl and mix well. Spoon into crust. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking until filling is slightly puffed and golden brown, about 40 minutes. (If edges of crust begin to brown too quickly, cover with strips of aluminum foil.)
50 min
- 3.
Meanwhile, combine walnuts, flour, sugars, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl and mix well. Blend in butter until mixture is crumbly. Spoon over pie and bake 15 minutes longer.
15 min
