sour cream apple pie

Have you made Alicia Paulson's Sour Cream Apple Pie yet? I recommend it strongly and enthusiastically. I've made it a few times in the past year. It disappears alarmingly quickly around here, as if we were all raised by wolves. Which we weren't, I hasten to say. Hi, mom. :)

I made one this week to take to my sister's house for Thanksgiving. 

Do you have a mandoline slicer? A mandoline makes quick work of slicing the apples. You can fit about three apple wedges at a time on the safety holder, as demonstrated by my cheerful assistant.

Then you just zip them across the blade. (Irreverently, this always makes me think of Sydney Carton. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.)

It makes thin, even apple slices very quickly. There will be some thicker slices left on the holder. Just throw those into the pie, too. :)

Here is what it looks like before you add the topping and stick it in the oven. Creamy apples, yum.

When it comes out of the oven, there are no rules that explicitly state you cannot take a test bite.