Here we are in August and Summer starts to wane. I have not spent much time baking because of the heat. We have had a horribly hot Summer this year. However I did make a Peach Pie a couple of weeks ago. Air conditioning blasting and power bill soaring; but it was worth it. this is my recipe for Peach pie, and so far the best I have found, yes I'm bragging.
Pie Crust: 2/3 cup Butter flavor Crisco ( I use the sticks, easier to measure). 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tsp salt, 2 cups all purpose flour. 6 or 7 tablespoons ice water. Cut the dry ingr. into the shortening with pastry cutter until it shortening and flour has become little crumbles. Add water and mix with spoon and then hands until you have a mass of dough. If necessary you can add water a little at a time to make it come together. Do not mix too long. Make into ball,wrap in cling wrap and set in fridge until ready to use.
Or if using immediately, cut ball in half and roll out each half into circle large enough to fit pan. Put one circle in pie pan add filling, and then top with other circle.Crimp edges with fork to seal edges of dough. Brush on egg wash, (one egg with small amt water, mixed with fork). Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
For filling: Peel about 7 fresh Peaches. Mix into Peaches 1/4 cup white sugar,1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp nutmeg. put into bottom crust and top with chunks of REAL butter, about 3/4 stick. put on top crust as above. Bake at 400 F for about 45 minutes or until the escaping juices are thickened. Almost forgot, cut some slashes in top of crust for steam and juices to escape. And it dosen't hurt to put that pie pan on a cookie sheet so you won't have a major fire in your oven. Bake and enjoy with whatever topping you like, ice cream, real cream, or eat it nude.
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