Apple Walnut Custard Pie

Pie Crust

• 1 1/3 c whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 2/3 c all purpose flour
• 1 c cold butter, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 c vegetable oil (or lard)
• ½ - 1 c ice water

Pie filling

• 4 – 5 C apples, peeled and sliced ¼ - ½”, enough to fill your pie pan, mixed with
• 2 T butter
• 3 T brandy
• 3 T sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ c sugar
• ½ c sour cream or plain yogurt
• ½ c buttermilk
• ¼ c heavy cream
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ginger
• 1 c chopped walnuts
• 1 ½ T flour
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 T softened butter
• 1 T cream or milk
• 1-2 T sugar or turbinado sugar

1. Pie Crust: Mix together flours Cut in butter and oil until it resembles coarse crumbs
2. Add water. Give it a stir or two with a fork, and then bring it together with your hands, being careful not to mix it too vigorously.
3. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill at least 30 minutes before rolling out.
4. Preheat oven to 400 Roll bottom crust, place in pan, fluting edges. Roll bottom crust, place in pan, fluting edges. Keep top crust wrapped and refrigerated until ready to use. Chill in refrigerator for 10 minutes
5. Prick bottom crust with a fork and partially bake for 15 minutes Remove from oven and cool to room temp. Turn oven to 350
6. Prepare filling: In large frying pan, melt 2 T butter. Add apples and cook over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Add brandy and cook until it is almost evaporated. Add sugar, cook 2 or 3 minutes more, until they start to brown up a bit. Put apples into partially baked pie shell
7. Beat eggs with sugar. Add sour cream or yogurt, buttermilk, and heavy cream. Mix in lemon zest, nutmeg, and ginger. Pour over apples in pie shell.
8. Mix flour, and then sugar and cinnamon, into walnuts. Blend in softened butter. Distribute evenly over apples and cream mixture.
9. Roll out top crust. Cut into strips and place across top of pie, weaving into a lattice, and gently pressing into top edge, being careful not to break partially baked bottom crust.
10. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Brush lattice and top edge of crust with cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for another 10 – 20 minutes. Cool pan on a rack.