White Peach Pie Recipe 485

Steps:

• First preheat your oven to 425 degrees! Make sure your pastry dough is room temp and ready to go.
• In a large bowl combine your sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add in your peeled & sliced peaches and gently stir to coat all of your peaches. I use my hands, this way you can tell what needs a little more attention. I also use firm peaches. They will soften up just right!!
• Place one pasty sheet in the bottom of your pie dish. Cut up your butter into small pieces and place them all over the bottom of your pasty.
• Pour all of your peach mixture on top of the butter in the pie dish. Spread it out to evenly distribute. Take your second pastry sheet and place on top making sure to crimp the top edges with the bottom edges. Don't forget to make a few vent holes in the top of the upper crust.
• Cover the top of the crust with a tablespoon of sugar, just sprinkle it evenly over the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes. You can cover your edges with a little foil or a ring, depends on your oven and how you like your edges. I usually leave mine on for most of the baking cycle.

Steps:

• Buy white peaches at Hay Day or Korean Market. Buy package of pie shells at Grand Union or Stop & Shop. Pit peaches and cut into large (1 inch or more) chunks; DO NOT PEEL. Mix about 8 cups peaches with 1/8 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/3 of the lemon juice. Put mixture in pie shell, pile high and sprinkle with 1/8 cup flour and 1/4 cup sugar....(famous Westport hostess recommends putting all flour and sugar on top, but...trust me on this!!) Dot with 3 tablespoons butter. Repeat process twice and make two more pies. Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes, OR 425 degrees for 45 minutes, OR 450 degrees for 15 minutes followed by 350 degrees for 30 minutes...(take your pick!) Let cool (top of pie will be singed like toast). Give one to someone you owe; one to someone you don't, and eat the third one yourself with all the ice cream.

Steps:

• Make the pie dough. Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the mixture.
• Add egg yolk and vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water, and stir to combine. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of this mixture over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball-size bit of dough, and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add a little more of the liquid, and stir or pulse, then check again. Repeat as necessary.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide the ball in half with a knife or a pastry scraper, then divide each portion in half again, and again, to create 8 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter, then gather the dough together again in one ball. Divide this ball in half.
• Flatten each ball into a 5- or 6-inch disc, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425. Make the pie filling: Combine sliced peaches, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl, and gently mix to combine. Set aside.
• Take the larger of the pastry discs out of the refrigerator, roll it out on a lightly floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie plate. Add the peaches. Sprinkle them with the ground nutmeg.
• Roll out second disc of pastry. Place on top of filling. Wet edges of the bottom pastry disc with some cold water. Trim pastry, pinch bottom and top edges together and cut a few slits to allow steam to escape from the pie. Brush the egg white on the top, particularly around the edges, and sprinkle with a pinch of granulated sugar.
• Bake the pie for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375. Cook until peaches bubble and pastry is golden, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Slowly sprinkle flour into a large bowl, a tiny bit at a time. Mix in sugar and salt. Cut in shortening until sort of smooth.
• Mix milk and oil together in a measuring cup. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour oil mixture in slowly, stirring to combine.
• Separate dough smoothly into 2 balls, trying not to knead. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough balls into 10-inch circles. Press 1 circle into a 9-inch pie pan as evenly as possible, but don't worry about messy edges. Reserve remaining circle for the top.
• Slice all but one peach into coarse chunks, removing skins as you go. Don't worry about removing all the skin. Toss with brown sugar, white sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Remove 2 1/2 spoonfuls of liquid from the bottom so it isn't soggy.
• Mix flour, cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, allspice, cayenne, and salt together in a separate bowl.
• Mix peaches with flour mixture until combined. Pour into the pie crust. If it's too much liquid, hold some back. Slice the remaining peach very thinly and lay in a pinwheel design over the filling. Dot butter over the top.
• Lay the top crust gently over the top. Dip a fork in the beaten egg and use it crimp the edges to seal. Brush remaining egg over the top. Sprinkle with 1 pinch cinnamon and cut a few slits in the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Increase temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and continue to bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Remove from the oven and let cool at least 1 1/2 hours before slicing and serving.

Steps:

• Place cookie sheet on oven rack. Heat oven to 400°F.
• In large bowl, mix sugar, flour and cinnamon. Stir in peaches and lemon juice. Spoon into frozen crust. While second crust is still in pan and frozen, remove crimp with sharp knife. Remove crust from pan and center frozen crust upside down on top of filled pie. Let thaw 10 minutes; crimp edges together. Cut 2 or 3 slits in top crust. Cover edge of crust with pie shield or foil strips.
• Bake on cookie sheet about 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice is thick and bubbly. Cover entire top of pie loosely with foil if crust is getting too brown. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.