Spiced Streusel Sour Cream Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2/3 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 2 1/4 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges (about 6 medium)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 prepared pie crust

Recipe

• 1 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.).
• 2 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.
• 3 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.
• 4 serve pie slightly warm or at room temperature (and definitely with some vanilla ice cream!).