European sour cream apple pie
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅔ | cup | butter | 
| ¼ | cup | pure maple syrup | 
| ½ | cup | cream cheese | 
| 1 | each | egg | 
| 2 | pounds | green apples | 
| ½ | cup | sour cream | 
| ¼ | cup | pure maple syrup | 
| 1 | tablespoon | orange rind | 
| 1 | teaspoon | vanilla | 
| 2¼ | cup | unbleached flour | 
| ½ | teaspoon | baking powder | 
| 2 | tablespoons | lemon juice | 
| ¼ | teaspoon | nutmeg | 
Directions
CRUST
FILLING
TOPPING
For the crust, blend together butter, maple syrup, cream cheese, egg, orange rind and vanilla.  Add flour and baking powder.  Roll out crust on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin.  This dough is soft.  Roll to ⅓-inch thickness.  Fit or pat the dough into 7-inch pie plate. 
Cut apples into ⅛-inch slices and arrange in a circular pattern on dough in pie plate.  Refrigerate ½ hour. 
Combine sour cream, maple syrup and lemon juice.  Spoon over chilled apples.  Sprinkle nutmeg on top.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 
Serves 6