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I made Peach Pie, and the crust too!

If I can do it, so can you! Its true. It is really easy to make pie!
This recipe is from Mrs. Vanard’s Betty Crocker Recipes (Book).

The crust recipe is a little different, I follow Mrs. Vanard’s recipe for that.

Ingredients:

For 1 crust:
1 1/3 cup flour,
1/3 cup oil,
1 tsp salt,
3 tbsp milk

For filling:
5 cup sliced peaches
1 cup sugar,
1/4 cup flour,
2 tbsp butter,
1 tsp lemon juice (optional)

Method:

To make the pie crust dough, mix the dry ingredients first (double quantity, as we need 2 pie crusts, one base, and one for the top). Then pour the milk and the oil and mix well.

Use 2 pieces of wax paper, and take half of the dough, and then place it in between the two. Roll out using a rolling pin.

Remove the wax paper from one side, and lifting the bottom wax paper with its corners, gently flip the crust over the pie dish. ( I used a 9.5 inch glass tray).

Mix the flour and the sugar for the filling, then mix the peaches in it. Pour this in the pie dish. Put few blobs of butter on the peaches.
Follow the above steps to make the second pie crust, and put it over the peaches. Seal the ends, by pinching them in.

Cut some slits in the top crust (this is important). Cover the pie dish with a foil (shiny side out), so that the crust does not burn.
Sprinkle sugar or brush the top with butter.

Bake at 425 deg F, for 30 minutes, and then remove the foil from the dish and bake additional 15-20 minutes, till the crust becomes golden.

Cool it on a wire rack. Then cut pieces and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

August 13th, 2008