Apple Pie with European Sour Cream

Apple Pie with European Sour Cream has it all. It's one of the best apple pie recipes you can find, with orange, cream cheese, and maple syrup inside. Maybe these 3 ingredients make it European, I say it just makes it delicious.

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup cream cheese
1 egg
1 tablespoon orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 pounds green apples
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions

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 1/3-inch thickness. Fit or pat the dough into 7-inch pie plate.
Cut apples into 1/8-inch slices and arrange in a circular pattern on dough in pie plate. Refrigerate 1/2 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine sour cream, maple syrup and lemon juice. Spoon over chilled apples.
Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Bake for 30 minutes.