Recipe for cooking peach pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Perfect Pies

Peach Pie

This is a wonderful way to prepare pie the old-fashioned way in a cast iron skillet.

2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
4 tsp. baking powder
1/3 c. shortening
1/3 to 1/2 c. milk
8 fresh peaches

Sift flour; measure and add salt and baking powder. Sift again. Cut in shortening as for pastry. Add milk all at once, just enough to make a soft dough. Turn out on a floured board and roll a round piece 1/4 in. thick and several in.es lrg.r in diameter than the skillet used. Place dough in bottom of skillet, letting edges hang over the outside. Then fill with sliced peaches and sprinkle with a mixture of 3/4 c. sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1 Tbsp. flour. Dot with butter. Fold edges toward center to partially cover the pie. Leave center of pie uncovered. Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 to 30 mins..

Serve warm or cold.