SOUR CREAM APPLE PIE
This Sour Cream Apple Pie is a wonderful dessert and super easy to make. It’s perfect for any time of year!
If you love this recipe, definitely check out our Southern Apple Pie. It’s a classic for a reason!
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love the topping on this delicious apple pie! it’s so easy to make but adds such a wonderful flavor. Many people love a streusel topping and this is our favorite. We also love the addition of the sour cream. You would never know it’s made with sour cream but it gives it a great flavor.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Sour cream
- All-purpose flour
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
- All spice
- Salt
- Vanilla
- Egg
- Apples
- 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell or homemade crust.
- Topping Ingredients:
- Brown sugar
- All-purpose flour
- Butter, softened
- Chopped pecans
SWAPS
You can switch out the vanilla for another extract and use just about any apples you like. If you are not a fan of pecans, you can use walnuts or leave the nuts out all together.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
The hardest part about this recipe is cutting up the apples or making a homemade pie crust. If you use a store-bought, it does save time.
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Peel and chop up apples
Step 2
Preheat oven to 400. In a large bowl mix sour cream, flour, sugar, cinnamon, all spice, salt, vanilla and egg. Fold in apples and pour in pie pan.
Step 4
In a small bowl cut butter into flour and sugar. I use a fork and just kind of mash it all up together. Stir nuts in to the topping and sprinkle topping over the entire pie before baking. Bake on 400 for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 and bake for another 45 minutes until pie tests done.
⭐TIP
I chop some extra pecans to put on top so that it looks better with the crumble. I also love this pie with ice cream or whipped cream! Both are delicious.
RECIPE VARIATIONS
We have lot’s of apple recipes on our website, some of our favorites are the Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler, it’s so good. This Fresh Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is always a huge hit. It’s a very popular recipe.
SERVE THIS WITH
Ice cream or whipped cream, it really does top this one off nicely!
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I have never tried it but see no reason why it wouldn’t work.
No, you can’t taste it.
STORING AND REHEATING
We store this in the refrigerator covered. It will last for a few days. We just reheat a slice in the microwave and top with ice cream! Delicious!
💕MORE POPULAR RECIPES TO ENJOY
This is a great twist on a classic! If you love pecans and coconut this is a winner!
SERVING SIZE
This is about 6-8 servings, depending on how you cut the pie.
Sour Cream Apple Pie
Ingredients
Pie Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup of sour cream
- 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of all spice
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 cups of peeled diced apples
- 1 9 inch unbaked pie shell
Topping Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons of butter softened
- 1/2 cup of chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. In a large bowl mix sour cream, flour, sugar, cinnamon, all spice, salt, vanilla and egg. Fold in apples and pour in pie pan.
- In a small bowl cut butter into flour and sugar. I use a fork and just kind of mash it all up together. Stir nuts in to the topping and sprinkle topping over the entire pie before baking.
- Bake on 400 for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 and bake for another 45 minutes until pie tests done.
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I make my Grandmothers OLD sour cream raisin pie w/ meringue using Farm milk cream soured & love it. How can I substitute that soured cream {2 C. & 3 egg yolks & sugar} rather than the cultured sour cream.
Also thinking about using your topping on the raisin pie = the crunch might be good.
Cultured sour cream just isn’t the same as farm cream soured.
Thank you.
Anita, I cant advise, we have only made the recipes with the ingredients we posted.
Very easy recipe for using up some not so perfect apples. I always have a pie crust in the freezer waiting fo a tasty filling. Thanks for your recipe.
You’re very welcome! So glad you enjoyed it!
Had all the ingredients on hand and the pie was DELICIOUS! Definitely a keeper,but what recipe of yours isn’t ?
Thank you so much! We’re so happy you enjoyed this recipe. My husband could eat this pie every day. HE LOVES IT! Glad you did too!
I made this recipe for the new years and my family just gobbled it right up! You folks sure know what your doing when it comes to food!
Thank you so much! We’re thrilled your family enjoyed this pie!!
Made this pie using Greek yogurt in place of sour scream for Christmas dinner with friends, it was a big hit! Also added a pinch of nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, and allspice to round it out. Thanks for sharing this cool variation on basic apple pie. I’ll be trying the sour cream blueberry pie next!
I was an elementary teacher in Florida in the early 2000’s. One of my students gave me this pie two years in a row. The mom would not give me the recipe because it was a secret family recipe. I knew the “secret” ingredient was sour cream. I have made many sour cream pie recipes over the years but they were never as good. I think I finally found the one! This is the best of all the sour cream apple pie recipes I have tried. Thank you!!
Yay! We’re so glad you enjoyed it! This is one of our all time favorite pies as well!