Mom’s Apple Pie

Last week I went home and spent some time with my mom. It was my dad’s annual deer hunting trip. Because the Michigan game was on Saturday we made an apple pie and chocolate chip cookies for the tailgate party before the game. My mom makes her apple pie different than most, she uses all brown sugar and sour cream in it. It makes a delicious pie. The family cookbook my mom and I wrote is on the counter.

Mom makes her pie crust out of Wondra flour. Unless I buy regular flour she never even keeps it in the house. She uses Wondra in everything. I can’t tell you how many times I have brought 2 lb. boxes of flour across the country to her. My last grocery store that carried near me no longer carries it as of this month so we may only have the canisters available from now on.

 

Mom's Apple Pie

Yield: Serves 8

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients:

6 -8 McIntosh Apples
2 C. Brown Sugar
3 heaping T. Sour Cream
2 t. Cinnamon - heaping
2 - 3 T. Butter
Single Pie Crust

Crumb Topping

1/2 C. Margarine
1/2 C. Brown Sugar
1 C. Wondra Flour

Directions:

Prepare a single pie crust. Crimp edges and set aside.

Peel apples and cut into wedges. Stir in sugar, sour cream and cinnamon. If apples are too tart, add more sugar. Put into pie crust. Top with second crust or crumb topping.

Topping: Mix together in a small bowl until it makes small crumbs. Sprinkle the topping on top of the apples evenly.

Bake at 425°F. for 10 minutes, then turn down oven to 375°F. for 45 - 50 minutes.