Special Apple Pie
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Course : Pies
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 8
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        -----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
 

Preparation:

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.