Apple shortbread pie with sour cream filling

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make an apple pie with sour cream filling? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Start by making a shortbread dough on sour cream. How to make dough? Softened butter (you can replace it with margarine, it will turn out to be more budget-friendly, and the taste and quality of the pie will not deteriorate from such a replacement, but such a product is less useful than butter) put in a deep bowl.

2. Step 2:

   

   Add sour cream (I have 20% fat content, you can take a less fatty product), sugar, a pinch of salt to balance the taste. With a whisk or mixer, mix the ingredients until a homogeneous mass is obtained.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add baking powder, mix. Baking powder can be replaced with soda, slaked with table vinegar or lemon juice (half a teaspoon of soda, half a teaspoon of table vinegar or juice).

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour in the sifted wheat flour. Knead a soft and obedient shortbread dough. It is not necessary to knead the shortbread dough for a long time, so that the products from it do not turn out solid. The main task is to collect the dough into one lump. Wrap the ball of shortbread dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to rest for half an hour. Meanwhile, get busy with the filling.

5. Step 5:

   

   How to make a filling? Apples can be used any to taste and availability, but it is better to have sweet and sour varieties and slightly hard, so that they do not turn into mashed potatoes in the pie. Wash the apples, remove the skin, remove the core with the seeds. Cut the apples into slices. So that the apples do not darken, they can be sprinkled with lemon juice, but this is not necessary if the apples are prepared immediately before baking the pie.

7. Step 6:

   

   Prepare the sour cream filling. Put sour cream in a bowl, beat in a chicken egg, add sugar and a tablespoon of wheat flour. Mix the ingredients with a mixer until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.

8. Step 7:

   

   Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Grease the baking dish with butter. Any heat-resistant form is suitable for this recipe. If you use a silicone mold, then you do not need to smear it. But it is better to lightly lubricate metal, ceramic or glass dishes with vegetable oil so that the baking does not burn. Roll out the dough into a thin layer according to the size of the mold (I have a shape with a diameter of 22 cm), making low sides from the edges of the dough. Put the dough into a mold.

9. Step 8:

   

   Spread the apple slices on top, sprinkle with ground cinnamon to taste.

10. Step 9:

    

    Fill the apples with sour cream filling. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. In order for the oven to have time to heat up to the desired temperature, turn it on in advance (10-20 minutes before the start of cooking). Bake the pie for about 40 minutes, the top should be covered with a golden crust.

11. Step 10:

    

    Remove the pie from the oven, let cool slightly and serve. The pie turns out to be very soft, tender and slightly moist in taste, despite the fact that the base is sandy. Have a nice tea!