I know, I really like this tree stump for my photographs. It sits in the sitting room of our kitchen and is a drink rest and it's right by a window so I love the natural light that it gets.
This recipe comes from my best friend, Tricia, and this pie recipe was passed on by her grandfather's cousin. The filling is deliciously gooey and has a wonderful marzipan flavor to it (from the almond extract). Peaches are exploding all over the famer's market so I was excited to put them to use. My crust came out a little on the soggy side and I found out later this was because I failed to brush the entire shell with egg wash (I brushed only the crust). My mother also suggested I precook pie crusts with moist fillings for just a few minutes. I'm such a beginner baker, and not a particularly good one. When I cook dinner I have fun, swaying through the kitchen, smelling something, feeling it needs a dash of this or a dash of that, tasting a sauce as it simmers and knowing dinner will be good. Baking is a bit stressful to me; the precision required, the fact that you have no idea how it will taste until you serve something, and that something can look gorgeous, but not taste good. Baking is the only time I have to stare at a recipe as I mix something up, and I scan it over and over and then refer back to it as I am measuring and then after I dump a cup of flour into the bowl I second guess myself "ack, was that suppose to be 1 cup or a 1/2?!" I pace the kitchen as something sits in the oven, having a stare down with the oven door. Perhaps one day I'll have the confidence of Ina Garten and be able to effortlessly throw together souffles on a Wednesday evening because I have a friend stopping by.
Polly's Peach Pie
4-5 peaches peeled and sliced
1/3 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond
1 egg beaten and 1 egg white
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 regular (not deep dish) frozen pie crust
Let pie crust thaw while preparing filling and slicing peaches. Melt butter in mixing bowl. Add all other ingredients (except peaches) and wisk together. Brush pie crust with egg white. Fill with peaches. Pour over filling. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Pie tends to "boil" over if you get it too full. Put foil under pie in oven.
This was delicious with Ben and Jerry's new "Mission to Marizpan" ice cream - sweet cream ice cream with marizpan swirls and chucks of almond cookies - yum!
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