I love baking with sour cream. It adds such richness and a wonderful tanginess to baked goods, and it pairs especially well with warm spices and fruit like this sour cream apple pie. Add to that a buttery crust and crumbly brown sugar topping and I’m sold. This pie belongs on your Thanksgiving dessert table, but really you should make it all year long! It’s just as good on the 4th of July or for a Sunday treat. We certainly love apple season around our house. Some of our other favorite apple recipes are Apple Pie Ice Cream, Old-Fashioned Apple Dumplings, and German Apple Cake (which also has a streusel topping!).
What makes this recipe awesome
It’s basically a Fall-inspired version of one of our other favorite and most popular pie recipes: our Easy Blueberry Custard Pie, which one the “Pie Most Likely to Bring About World Peace” award at our annual Pi Day pie party one year, so you know it’s going to be good. There’s no top crust, so no worries here about some fancy lattice crust. Unless you want to do a top crust in place of the streusel, in which case we say go right ahead!
Recipe Ingredients
Sour cream: I highly recommend using full-fat sour cream in this recipe for best results. The only substitution that works well would be to use plain Greek yogurt. Pie crust: I always recommend using a homemade pie crust. You can make them in advance and store in the freezer so you always have one on hand. Apples: I like using a variety of apples in any apple pie. My go-to picks are typically a mix of Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Envy, Pink Lady, Opal, Fuji, or Jazz.
How to Make Sour Cream Apple Pie
Recipe Tips
Use a sharp knife or mandoline to slice the apples uniformly. Not only will this let you get even more apple into your pie, but the same thickness of apple slices ensures that they will bake evenly. If you don’t like nuts, feel free to leave them out of the pie. Or replace them with old-fashioned oats for more of a crisp topping. Serve this pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and maybe even a drizzle of caramel sauce on top for an incredible dessert fit for any celebration!
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