Here goes another recipe.   I was inspired by the peach tree in my neighbors back yard today to make a peach pie.  But instead of a standard peach pie I like to make mine with a little crunch on the top.  And thanks to Chex's new cereal flavor my recipe finally has that perfect crunch to top it.  It won't take all day to make it and it is a great way to make your house smell amazing.

Peachy Pie


Crust:

1  1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold butter
2-3 tablespoons cold water 

1 egg beat and set to the side

Mix the flour salt and baking powder.  Break up the cold butter and add to the flour mixture.  Pinch and squeeze the butter into the flour mixture until ingredients are mixed evenly and there are no large pieces of butter visible.  Add 2 tablespoons of water to mixture and stir with a fork.  The dough should begin holding together, if not add a teaspoon of water at a time until dough holds.

Put the dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten out into a round disc.  Place the dough into  pie dish pressing it out if need to make it fit.  Refrigerate for at least an hour.

Preheat oven to 450

Filling:

Around 5 cups of sliced peaches
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt

Put peaches in a bowl and sprinkle the lemon juice over them.  In a separate bowl mix the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.  Pour flour mixture into the bowl with the peaches stir together gently.
Now your ready to put your filling into the pie shell but before you do that remember that egg that was set to the side take it and coat your pie shell before putting the peach mixture in this will keep the crust from getting soggy and it will give the crust a nice brown color.  After your done coating you can put in the peach mixture now for the fun part the topping of the pie.

Topping
1 1/2 cups crushed apple cinnamon chex cereal.
2 tablespoons butter melted

Mix the chex and butter until the cereal is well coated sprinkle over the top of the pie.

Bake the pie for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature of  the oven to 350 and bake for an additional 30-35 minutes.  Let the pie cool and serve with whipped topping or ice cream or if your like me all by itself.

Enjoy