6-8 servings
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches), click here for the recipe
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- ¼ teapoon nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon grated orange peel
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 5 cups sliced peeled fresh peaches
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- Milk
- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry ; trim even with edge of plate and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg and salt ; stir in lemon juice, orange peel and almond extract.
- Add the peaches and toss gently ; pour into crust and dot with butter.
- Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie ; make decorative cutouts in pastry and set aside.
- Place top crust over filling and trim,seal and flute edges.
- Brush pastry and cutouts with milk ; place cutouts on top of pie and cover the edges loosely with foil.
- Bake at 400F for 40 minutes, remove foil and bake 10-15 minutes lomger or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.
- Cool on a wire rack.