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