Apple Crunch Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. butter (1 1/4 stick)
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 8 apples, such as mcintosh peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 2/3 cups sour cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature

Recipe

• 1 for crust:
• 2 combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl;
• 3 cut in butter with a pastry blender.
• 4 add cider; toss until evenly moistened; gather into a ball and transfer to lightly floured board and roll into a circle.
• 5 ease pastry into an 11" pie tin or 10" pie plate with a fluted high edge; set aside.
• 6 for filling:
• 7 combine apples, sour cream, sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl and mix well;
• 8 spoon into crust;
• 9 bake 10 minutes@450*;
• 10 reduce oven temperature to 350* and continue baking until filling is slightly puffed and golden brown, about 40 minutes. iif edges begin to brown too quickly, cover with strips of foil).
• 11 for topping:
• 12 combine walnuts, flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt in medium bowl and mix well.
• 13 blend in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 14 spoon over top of pie and bake 15 minutes longer.
• 15 remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.
• 16 serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.