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Sour Cream Apple Walnut Pie

This recipe makes 2 whole pies.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, New American
Keyword Sour Cream, Sour Cream Apple Pie, Sour Cream Apple Walnut Pie
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour 33 minutes
Resting time 45 minutes
Servings 2 pies
Author David of Sunset & Sewanee

Equipment

  • rubber spatula
  • cutting board
  • paring knife or boning knife
  • measuring cups and spoons
  • stand mixer or large mixing bowl and wire whisk
  • multiple mixing bowls
  • pie pan

Ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 2 9" crust, pie store-bought (Homemade, see Pie Crust Recipe in this blog.)

Apple Filling

  • 1¼ cups sour cream
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup flour, all-purpose
  • ¼ tsp salt, kosher
  • 1 whole egg, slightly beaten
  • ⅛ cup cider, boiled
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp allspice, ground
  • 8 whole apples, Granny Smith, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
  • 2 whole apples, Cortland, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
  • 2 whole apples, Cosmic Crisp, or Honeycrisp, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
  • ⅛ cup lemon, juice

Walnut Streusel Topping

  • ¾ cup walnuts, skinless, roughly chopped Hazelnuts work great as a substitute
  • ¼ cup flour, all-purpose
  • ⅓ cup sugar, granulated
  • ⅓ cup sugar, brown
  • 1 tsp cinnamon, Vietnamese, ground
  • ½ cup butter, unsalted and softened
  • ⅛ tsp salt
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prep & First Bake

  • Preheat the oven to (350°F or 175°C)
  • Peel, core, slice the apples, toss with a little lemon juice to keep them from oxidizing. Reserve
  • Add the sour cream, sugar, flour, egg, boiled apple cider, allspice, vanilla extract, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Whisk the ingredients on low until thoroughly incorporated. To this, add the sliced apples. Incorporate the apples by hand using a rubber spatula. Reserve
  • Put the sour cream and apple mixture into unbaked pie shells. Place on the center rack in the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour. After 1 hour, the pie will be ready to be topped with streusel.

Prepare Topping

  • While the pies are baking, prepare the walnut streusel topping. Add the ingredients of the streusel to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse the food processor until you've reached the desired consistency.
  • (Alternatively, add the softened butter to a large mixing bowl with the flour, sugar, brown sugar, lightly chopped walnuts, cinnamon, and salt. Work the ingredient together using your hands. Knead the ingredients with your fingers until you reach a large crumb consistency.
  • When the pie, with the filling, is taken out of the oven, move it to a safe work surface for hot temperatures. A wooden cutting board works great. Add the streusel topping to the pie, return to the oven, and bake for 25-30 minutes. The pie should be golden brown and very fragrant.
  • Remove the pie from the oven and set it on a wire cooling rack and allow it to cool off to almost room temperature before attempting to cut.
  • Refrigerate any leftover pie and gently reheat for best results to serve leftovers.