Pie Recipes #194 - Southern Apple Cream Pie Recipe

INGREDIENTS (Makes 2 pies)
PIE
22 oz tart apples
1 1/2 cups
sugar
1/4 cup flour
3 cups sour cream
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
2 deep-dish pastry shells, 9 inches wide
TOPPING
1 1/8 cups
sugar
3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter

PROCEDURE
(1) Preheat the oven to 400 deg. F. In a large bowl,
combine the sugar, flour, sour cream, eggs, and
vanilla into a smooth mixture.

(2) Core, peel, and chop the apples. Boil them in a
small amount of water with a little lemon juice
for 3 to 5 minutes until they begin to get tender.

(3) Drain apples and add to the mixture.

(4) Pour into two 9-inch pastry shells.

(5) Bake at 400 deg. F for 30 minutes.

(6) While pies are baking, crumble topping ingredients
into a bowl and mix with a pastry cutter or two
knives.

(7) Remove pies from oven and cover with topping
recipe.

(8) Put pies under broiler for 1 to 2 minutes until
the topping begins to bubble.