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Special Apple Pie
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 8
Categories:
Apples
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Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients:
-----CRUST----- 1 3/4
cups
All-purpose flour 1/4
cup
Sugar 1
teaspoon
Cinnamon 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 1/2
cup
Butter 2
tablespoons
Butter 1/4
cup
Water or apple cider
-----FILLING----- 8
McIntosh apples,
peeled, cored & slic
1 2/3
cups
Sour cream 1
cup
Sugar 1/3
cup
All-purpose flour 1
Egg 2
teaspoons
Vanilla 1/2
teaspoon
Salt
-----TOPPING----- 1
cup
Chopped walnuts 1/2
cup
All-purpose flour 1/3
cup
Brown sugar,
firmly packed
1/3
cup
Granulated sugar 1
tablespoon
Cinnamon 1
pinch
Salt 1/2
cup
Butter,
room temperature
Directions:
For Crust: Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl. Cut in butter using pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add water and toss mixture gently with fork until evenly moistened, Gather gently into ball. Transfer to lightly floured board and roll into circle slightly larger than a deep 10-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pan and flute high edge. Set aside.
For filling: Preheat oven to 450 F. Combine all ingredients in large bowl and mix well. Spoon into crust. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 F and continue baking until filling is slightly puffed and golden brown, about 40 minutes. (If edges of crust begin to brown too quickly, cover with strips of aluminum foil.)
For topping: Meanwhile, combine walnuts, flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl and mix well. Blend in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Spoon over pie and bake 15 minutes longer.
Source: The Salt Box Restaurant - Ocean City, New Jersey : Favorite Restaurant Recipes - ISBN:0-89535-100-5
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