Recipe - Apple Pie - European Sour Cream

CRUST:
2/3 cup Butter
One fourth cup Pure maple syrup
One half cup Cream cheese
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Orange rind
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 One fourth cup Unbleached flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder
FILLING:
2 pound Green apples
TOPPING:
One half cup Sour cream
One fourth cup Pure maple syrup
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg

For the crust, blend together butter, maple syrup, cream cheese, egg,
orange rind and vanilla. Add flour and baking powder. Roll out crust on a
floured surface with a floured rolling pin. This dough is soft. Roll to
1/3inch thickness. Fit or pat the dough into 7inch pie plate. Cut apples
into 1/8inch slices and arrange in a circular pattern on dough in pie
plate. Refrigerate One half hour. Combine sour cream, maple syrup and lemon
juice. Spoon over chilled apples. Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Bake at 350
degrees for 30 minutes.

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