Since summer is not only winding down quickly, but coming to a screeching halt, That being said, I wanted to get in one last fruit pie before the season ended.
Unfortunately, when I got to the grocery store, with the intent of buying peaches, my dreams ended. They had no peaches!! This soon?
Still set on eating pie, I settled for a bag of frozen peaches and decided to add frozen berries to the mix.
Unfortunately, when I got to the grocery store, with the intent of buying peaches, my dreams ended. They had no peaches!! This soon?
Still set on eating pie, I settled for a bag of frozen peaches and decided to add frozen berries to the mix.
When I got home to make the pie, I remembered that for Christmas last year I had gotten an easy pie maker, so I decided to make my life easier and use that to make mini-pies.
I did not use a recipe for these pies, so the ingredient measures below are estimates, but any pie dough recipe (or frozen pie dough) can easily be substituted. This pie can also be baked as one full-sized pie at 350⁰. Watch it during cooking, I'm not sure how long it would take, but maybe 20 minutes.
Peach and mixed berry pies
yield: 6 individual pies or 1 large Prep time: 1 hour cooking time: 30 minutes
ingredients:
Pie crust
yield: 6 individual pies or 1 large Prep time: 1 hour cooking time: 30 minutes
ingredients:
Pie crust
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- ½ cup shortening
- 1-3 tablespoons cold water
- 1-2 cups frozen or fresh peaches
- 1 cup mixed frozen or fresh
berries - 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon
- corn starch
- Add flour and shortening in a mixing bowl and blend with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs. Add cold water very little at a time (I use teaspoons) and mix with a fork just until the mixture comes together. Do not add too much water or the dough will be tough. Knead together until smooth (30 seconds or so). Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
- Put peaches and berries in a bowl. (I cut big peaches and strawberries in half) Add sugar and cornstarch and stir until fruit is evenly coated. Allow mixture to sit at room temperature for an hour (or until frozen fruit is defrosted).
- Roll out dough to fit into pie dish or according to pie maker instructions. No need to par-bake the dough, just fill with filling (top with dough if desired) and bake.