Golden Peach Pie
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Country Woman- Margaret Hanson Maddox, Montpelier, Indiana
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Pie- Cobbler- Cheesecake- tarts
Ingredients
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9-inches)
- 2 cans (15 oz. each) sliced peaches
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. grated orange peel
- Dash salt
- 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 1/8 tsp. almond extract
Directions
- Line a 9-inch pie plate with bottom crust; trim pastry even with edge. Drain peaches, reserving 1/3 cup juice. In a saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, lemon juice, orange peel, salt and reserved juice until blended. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Add the butter and almond extract; stir until butter is melted. Stir in peaches. Cool slightly. Transfer to crust. Roll out over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry.
- Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Ren=move foil and bake 15-20 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.