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    Fresh Peach Pie With a Buttermilk Flaky Crust (Video)

    July 21, 2020 By Brandy 4 Comments

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    Sweet, with a hint of tang, this fresh peach pie with a buttermilk crust is absolute perfection! Simple ingredients and full of flavor. Brush with an egg wash and sprinkle with sugar for a golden brown crust.

    If you love fresh fruit pies, try our blueberry pie with a lattice crust, our fresh blackberry pie, or our fresh cherry pie!

    Watch our step by step video!

    basket of fresh peaches

    I know, I know. I have issues. Last week I shared our peach cobbler recipe, the month before I was on a blueberry kick, and the month before was all about strawberries. 

    This is what happens when the summer rolls around and I have ZERO self control at the local U-pick fruit farms. The kids and I picked two giant bags of peaches, and after we ate as many fresh ones as we could handle, I went into baking mode.

    fresh peach pie ready to go into oven

    This fresh peach pie is so yummy. You can make it with fresh or frozen peaches.

    Ingredients

    The ingredients for the pie filling are basic. Peaches, sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice. If you'd like to add a small about of butter before adding the top crust you can.

    The pie crust is made from flour, salt, shortening, butter, oil, and buttermilk.

    baked peach pie with a golden brown crust

    BEST PIE CRUST RECIPE

    Let’s talk pie crust. This is the only recipe (shared below) for pie crust that I use. You might recognize it from my blackberry pie recipe that always a hit on here during the summer months. It’s flaky and delicious and uses shortening, butter and oil. If you don’t have buttermilk you can easily substitute milk + 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar.

    Tips for Baking The Perfect Pie Crust

    • Always use cold butter. Cutting the butter into the flour with a pastry cutter makes a delicious and flaky crust.
    • The key to a perfectly sweet and golden crust is brushing with egg wash and sprinkling with a little bit of sugar before baking.
    • To prevent your pie from browning too quickly, tent with foil after about 30 minutes, and continue to bake.  You can also cover the edges of the crust with foil.

    How To Assemble a Peach Pie

    shortening and butter cut into flour

    Pie crust is delicious and flakey because it is made from butter and shortening that have been cut into the flour.

    • Mix flour and salt together then cut in shortening and butter until it resembles pea size crumbs. You can do this with a pastry cutter or two butter knives.
    • Stir in oil and buttermilk and mix until soft dough forms.
    • Divide dough into 2 sections and wrap one section in plastic wrap and set to the side.
    • Roll the other one out and place in a 9-inch pie pan. Trim off excess dough with a sharp knife.

    pie filling inside pie crust

    • Combine peaches, sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice.
    • Pour into pie pan and dot with a tablespoon or two of butter.

    Remember that second pie crust ball that you wrapped up? Go ahead and grab that now.

    • Roll out second pie crust and cover pie.
    • Cut off excess crust using a sharp knife.
    • Set it aside to make pie crust cookies.
    • Pinch the crust around the edge to seal.

    peach pie unbaked

    Ahh, so pretty.

    • Now mix 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of water to create an egg wash.
    • Brush this over the crust and sprinkle with sugar for an out-of-this-world golden and sweet crust.

    Bake at 425 degrees for 60-70 minutes.

    slice of warm peach pie on white plate

    Pie is best served after it's had a chance to cool. If you are like me, and simply can't wait, go for it. The slice won't be as pretty, but it will be just as delicious! The slice above was nice and warm.

    Fresh Peach Pie Recipe With Buttermilk Crust

    Sweet, with a hint of tang,tthis fresh peach pie with a buttermilk crust is absolute perfection! Simple ingredients and full of flavor. Brush with an egg wash and sprinke with sugar for a golden brown crust.
    5 from 5 votes
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 25 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 440kcal

    Ingredients

    Crust

    • 2 cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ⅔ cup shortening
    • 3 Tbsp. butter
    • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
    • ⅓ cup buttermilk or ⅓ c. milk + 1 teaspoon lemon juice

    Filling

    • 6 cups peaches peeled and sliced
    • ⅔ cup sugar
    • ⅓ cup flour
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon butter cut into small pieces

    Egg Wash

    • 1 egg
    • 1 tablespoon water
    • sugar to sprinkle on pie

    Instructions

    • Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Cut in shortening using a pastry cutter. Cut in butter.
    • Add oil and milk and stir until a soft dough forms.
    • Cut dough in half. Wrap one half in plastic wrap and set aside.
    • Roll the other half and place into a pie pan.
    • Combine peaches, sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice. Pour into pie crust. Dot with butter.
    • Roll out second pie crust and place on top.
    • Cut off excess pie crust using a knife and crimp/pinch the edges.
    • Cut 3-4 slits in pie crust for venting.
    • Mix egg and water together. Brush over pie crust. Sprinkle top of pie with sugar.
    • Bake 60-70 minutes at 425 degrees. Tent pie with foil after it begins to brown (around 30 minutes) to prevent excess browning.
    • Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours to allow peach filling to thicken.

    Notes

    If you don't have buttermilk you can substitute milk + 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Just pour the lemon juice into the milk and it will thicken slightly like buttermilk.
    If crust begins to brown too quickly, tent with foil while baking.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 440kcal
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    About Brandy

    Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

    Comments

    1. Gary says

      July 19, 2022 at 8:55 pm

      5 stars
      Best Peach pie I’ve ever had. I used store bought pie crusts, fresh Georgia peaches and it came out great.

      Reply
      • Brandy says

        July 20, 2022 at 9:39 am

        YUM! I'm so glad!

        Reply
    2. Diane L Eme says

      October 28, 2021 at 1:50 pm

      5 stars
      Georgia peaches were recently available and they are my favorite.
      Made this pie and it was delicious
      Going to make it again but am using cling peaches this time
      Let you know which one was better
      Which I could add a photo
      It was picture perfect

      Reply
      • Brandy says

        October 28, 2021 at 1:58 pm

        So glad to hear!! 🙂

        Reply
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