Sour Cream Apple Pie With Walnut Streusel Topping Recipes

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes., In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add sour cream. Stir in sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, vanilla and salt; mix well. Gently stir in apples. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes. , Meanwhile, combine brown sugar and remaining 4 tablespoons flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pie. Bake until filling is set, 20-25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE WITH WALNUT STREUSEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Mix 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tbsps. flour and whisk sour cream, egg, vanilla, salt until well blended.
• Fold in apples, pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Decrease temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 15 minutes.
• While pie is baking combine 1/3 cup sugar with cinnamon and 1/3 cup flour and walnuts; add the melted butter and stir with fork. Sprinkle streusel over pie and return to oven.
• Bake for another 20 minutes at 325 degrees.

AMISH SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Beat sour cream and egg together.
• Add flour, sugar, salt and vanilla.
• Mix until smooth.
• Stir in apples.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Mix the crumb topping ingredients until crumbly.
• Remove pie from oven and spread with crumb topping.
• Bake 20 more minutes.

WALNUT STREUSEL APPLE PIE

Steps:

• To make topping: In a small bowl with your fingertips blend butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour until smooth and blend in nuts. Chill topping, covered.
• To make filling: Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 1/2-inch wedges and in a bowl toss with remaining filling ingredients to coat.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Unfold defrosted, store-bought dough into a well-seasoned 10-inch cast-iron skillet or 10-inch deep-dish (1 1/2-quart) pie plate, easing to fit.
• Spoon filling into shell, bake pie in middle of oven for 1 hour (pie will not be completely cooked) and remove from oven.
• Crumble topping over center of pie, breaking up any large chunks. Bake pie in middle of oven 30 minutes more, or until crust is golden and filling is bubbling.
• Cool pie on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or Sour Cream Ice Cream (also on this site).

APPLE PIE WITH WALNUT STREUSEL

Steps:

• To make pastry dough:
• In a large bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour, sugar, salt, and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 2 tablespoons ice water and toss with a fork or pulse until incorporated. Add enough remaining ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing or pulsing to incorporate, until mixture begins to form a dough. On a work surface smear dough in 3 or 4 forward motions with heel of hand to slightly develop gluten in flour and make dough easier to work with. Form dough into a ball and flatten to form a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
• To make topping:
• In a small bowl with your fingertips blend butter, brown sugar, and flour until smooth and blend in nuts. Chill topping, covered.
• To make filling:
• Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 1/2-inch wedges and in a bowl toss with remaining filling ingredients to coat.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• On a lightly floured surface roll out dough into a 15-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fold into quarters for ease of handling. Unfold dough in a well-seasoned 10-inch cast-iron skillet or 10-inch deep-dish (1 1/2-quart) pie plate, easing to fit and letting dough overhang rim of skillet or pie plate. Spoon filling into shell and fold pastry overhang over filling, leaving center uncovered. Bake pie in middle of oven 1 hour (pie will not be completely cooked) and remove from oven.
• Crumble topping over center of pie, breaking up any large chunks. Brush crust with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake pie in middle of oven 30 minutes more, or until crust is golden and filling is bubbling. Cool pie on a rack.
• Serve pie warm or at room temperature with ice cream.
• Make Sour Cream Ice Cream:
• In a heavy saucepan combine half-and-half, 3/4 cup sugar, and vanilla bean and bring just to a boil. Remove pan from heat. In a bowl whisk together egg yolks and remaining 1/4 cup sugar and add hot half-and-half mixture in a stream, whisking. Return custard to pan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until 170°F. on a candy thermometer.
• Remove pan form heat. Scrape seeds form vanilla bean into custard and discard pod. Stir sour cream into custard until combined well and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Chill custard until cold and feeze in an ice-cream maker. Makes about 1 quart.

SILVER PALATE SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare crust: Sift flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon into a bowl. Cut in the butter and shortening with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Moisten with just enough apple juice, tossing ingredients lightly with a fork. Form dough into a ball. Wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 2. Cut off 1/3 of the dough and return it to the refrigerator. Roll out the other 2/3 between 2 sheets of wax paper. Line a greased 9-inch pie pan with the dough. Trim overhang and crimp decoratively. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 3. Whisk all filling ingredients, except apples, in a bowl. Add apples, then spoon into the pastry-lined pie pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over filling.
• 4. Roll out the remaining dough between wax paper to form a circle 10 inches in diameter. Cut into strips 1/2-inch wide and arrange lattice-fashion over apples; trim ends of strips and crimp edges decoratively.
• 5. Bake pie in the center of the oven until the juices are bubbling and the apples are tender, about 55-60 minutes. (Cover loosely with foil if the crust browns too quickly.) Serve warm or cooled.

SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE DELUXE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Press the pie crust into and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
• In a medium bowl, stir together 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, and salt. Mix in the sour cream, egg and vanilla until smooth. Add apples, and stir to coat. Scrape the mixture into the pie shell.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 30 minutes more.
• While the pie is baking, prepare the topping in a medium bowl. Stir together 1/3 cup of flour, 1/3 cup sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• After the 30 minute bake time has passed, cover the top of the pie with the crumb topping, and continue to bake for 15 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned and apples are tender. Allow the pie to cool, then refrigerate until chilled before serving.

SPICED STREUSEL SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For streusel topping: Combine nuts, brown sugar, cornmeal, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in food processor and pulse on/off until nuts are finely chopped. Add butter and process until small moist clumps form. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.).
• For filling: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Toss apples with sour cream in large bowl to coat. Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a small bowl. Sprinkle mixture over apples and toss to coat.
• Transfer filling to prepared crust. Sprinkle streusel topping over apples, covering completely. Bake pie until apples are tender and streusel is golden, tenting pie if streusel browns too quickly, about 1 hour. Transfer pie to rack and cool slightly.
• Serve pie slightly warm or at room temperature (and definitely with some vanilla ice cream!).