Peaches'n'Cream Pie "the easy way"

Sadie is celebrating pi day March 14, 2021

Recipe for the Peaches'n' Cream Pie "the easy way" (Thanks Jill)

1 can sliced peaches

Crust

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 pkg. vanilla pudding (not instant)

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

Topping

8 oz cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

3 tbsp peach juice

1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine ingredients for crust.  Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into a deep 10 inch pie plate.  Drain sliced peaches (reserving juice) and arrange slices on pie crust base.  Blend cream cheese, sugar and juice.  Beat for 2 minutes and spoon on pie.  Top with sugar and cinnamon.  Bake at 350 degree for 30 minutes.

 

Peach Pie Salad

This recipe is super easy and inspired by Oma who traditionally serves a jellylike salad on special occasions.  

19 oz peach pie filling (540 ml)

14 oz pineapple tidbits, drained (398 ml)

14 oz fruit cocktail, drained (398 ml)

2 sliced bananas

1 cup seedless green grapes

1 cup small marshmallows

Put pie filling into bowl.  Stir in drained pineapple and fruit cocktail.  Add sliced bananas. Add grapes and marshmallows.  Stir together.  Turn into a serving bowl and chill for several hours before serving.  Serves 15.

This year we enjoyed the salad on Christmas Eve with a spiral ham and Amy's hash brown potato casserole.

Other ingredients that could be added or substituted are  red maraschino cherries, canned mandarin oranges, diced apple or nuts.

-other canned mandarin oranges

If you are unable to find peach pie filling try apple pie filling along with a can of sliced peaches.

Peach Pie in the Summer

What says summer more than peach pie and a visit from the NY cousins?  Much fun was had by all in Calgary this August as we had a 3 week visit with Twin 'A''s family.  One great adventure involved going to Heritage Park.  Everyone loved all the animals, the train and the rides.  Black Dog Grandma and Grandpa treated us to a special lunch at the Hotel Restaurant at Heritage Park and everyone used their best manners.

Peaches are one of the favourite summer fruits around our house, but while we had this 'extra' family living under our stairs, the peaches hadn't come in yet from BC.  The weather in Western Canada had been a little unusual this summer and thus the peaches weren't ready.  We've been eating fresh peaches for a few days since I bought a huge box, but now too many peaches are ripe at once.  What to do with all those yummy juicy peaches?  I made the peach pie today...  more for us to gobble up since we don't have to share with the family living under the stairs!!!

Say-Say, Monkey, Big E, Reegs + T-man

The boys on the 'little' f-wheel, they rode the 'big' one next!

The girls, running and twirling in their pretty dresses.

Peach Pie Recipe

Ingredients:
10 fresh peaches, pitted and sliced
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

Directions:
Mix flour, sugar and butter into crumb-y texture.

Place one crust in the bottom of a 9 inch pie plate. Line the shell with some sliced peaches. Sprinkle some of the butter mixture on top of the peaches, then put more peaches on top of the the crumb mixture. Continue layering until both the peaches and crumbs are gone.

Top with second pie crust or cut pie crust into lattice strips and crisscross on top of pie.

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until crust is golden. Allow pie to cool before slicing. Best when eaten fresh.

Love Twin B
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