Mama Thorntons Peach Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Put 1 1/4 cups flour, salt, butter and 2 tablespoons sour cream in bowl of food processor and blend until they form a ball. Pat into a buttered pie tin and bake 10 minutes.
• Lower oven temp to 350.
• In medium sized bowl, beat egg yolks slightly then combine with the sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/3 cup sour cream.
• Arrange the sliced peeled, sliced peaches into the baked pie crust. Pour egg yolk mixture over peaches. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 35 minutes.
• Remove foil from pie and bake 10 minutes more, or until filling is set.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• In a medium saucepan over low heat combine peaches, cornstarch, water, lemon zest, lemon juice, and ½ cup sugar in a medium saucepan. Raise the heat to medium and cook until thick and bubbly, stirring often.
• Add the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking powder to a sieve and sift into a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, combine sugar, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, and 1 tablespoon of melted butter and stir to combine.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well.
• Grease a 12x8 inch (30x20 cm) (4.8 quart) baking dish with the remaining butter.
• Pour the batter into the bottom of the greased baking dish and smooth into an even layer with a spatula.
• Transfer the peaches gently by placing them on top of the batter. Do not stir.
• Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until golden brown.
• Serve warm and enjoy!

Steps:

• With electric mixer beat yolks and sugar until a light lemon color.
• Add cornstarch, salt and vanilla.
• Add milk a little at the time until blended.
• Cook over low heat stirring constantly until thick, almost stiff.
• If there are lumps beat with mixer until smooth.
• Add 1/4 stick of butter and let cool.
• Toss peach wedges with powdered sugar.
• Spread half of the custard in the bottom of each pie shell.
• Top with peaches and ice with whipped, sweetned cream.
• NOTE: Bettina uses the custard all in one pie and uses 4 large peaches.

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Brush egg white over dough; refrigerate while making filling. , In a large bowl, combine peaches and 2 tablespoons flour; toss to coat. In a small bowl, combine remaining 3/4 cup flour and sugars; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Sprinkle two-thirds into pastry; top with peach mixture. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. , Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until filling is bubbly and peaches are tender. Cover with foil during the last 15 minutes if it begins to brown too quickly.