Name: Sour Cream Apple Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Streusel Topping: -; 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed -; 1/2 cup flour -; 1/4 cup butter (1/2 a stick), chilled, cut into cubes -; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon -; Filling: -; 1 cup sour cream -; 2/3 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 1/2 cup if you like your apple pies a little less sweet) -; 2 tablespoons flour -; 1/4 teaspoon salt -; 1 teaspoon vanilla -; 1 egg -; 3 cups peeled, sliced tart apples (about 1 1/4 pounds of slices, cut 1/4-inch to a 1/2-inch thick) -; 1 Tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar -; One 9" unbaked pie shell, frozen or chilled in the freezer for at least 30 minutes (see sour cream pie crust recipe , use a single crust recipe) -

Ingredients for - Sour Cream Apple Pie

1. Streusel Topping:

2. 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

3. 1/2 cup flour

4. 1/4 cup butter (1/2 a stick), chilled, cut into cubes

5. 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

6. Filling:

7. 1 cup sour cream

8. 2/3 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 1/2 cup if you like your apple pies a little less sweet)

9. 2 tablespoons flour

10. 1/4 teaspoon salt

11. 1 teaspoon vanilla

12. 1 egg

13. 3 cups peeled, sliced tart apples (about 1 1/4 pounds of slices, cut 1/4-inch to a 1/2-inch thick)

14. 1 Tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar

15. One 9" unbaked pie shell, frozen or chilled in the freezer for at least 30 minutes (see sour cream pie crust recipe , use a single crust recipe)

How to cook deliciously - Sour Cream Apple Pie

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 400°F with a rack in the middle and another rack below it. Place a large rimmed baking sheet on the lower rack to catch any of the drippings from the pie.

2 . Stage

Make the streusel topping: Place the streusel topping ingredients in a medium bowl and mix with a fork or your hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Chill in the refrigerator until the topping is needed half-way through the baking.

3 . Stage

Toss the apples with lemon juice or vinegar: As you slice the apples, put them in a bowl and toss them with a little lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. The acidity of the lemon juice or vinegar will help keep the apples from discoloring while you work and will intensify the apple flavor in the pie.

4 . Stage

Mix the sour cream with sugar, flour, salt, vanilla, egg, and coat apple slices: In a large bowl put the sour cream, sugar, flour, salt, vanilla, and egg. Use a wooden spoon and beat by hand until smooth. Fold in the apples and stir until all of the apples are coated with the sour cream filling mixture.

5 . Stage

Put the filling into a frozen pie shell: For the first stage of baking, bake the pie for 25 minutes at 400°F.

6 . Stage

Add the brown sugar topping and continue baking: Remove the pie from the oven and sprinkle the top with the brown sugar topping. You may also want to put a pie protector or foil around the outer crust edges to keep them from getting too browned. Bake for another 20 minutes at 400°F.

7 . Stage

Cool: Let the pie cool on a rack for one hour before cutting and serving.