This old fashioned classic peach pie recipe is one of those staples that you will love to eat warm with a scoop of cream during the summer out on the porch.
It has all of the deliciously flaky crust layers for the butter pie crust made with fresh peaches for the filling and of course, summer is the perfect season to enjoy this sweet homemade peach pie recipe.
If you love a good peach cobbler you are super to love our easy peach pie recipe. While some fresh fruit pies use an egg wash, this one does not. It has a sweet sugar glaze that is so good when brushed on the double crust pie.
So, when you need an easy dessert recipe for the peach lovers in your family, pull out this easy recipe made with fresh juicy peaches and even impress them with your homemade crust.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make Classic Peach Pie, you will need the following ingredients:
Pie Crust
- Flour: all-purpose flour or a gluten-free substitute will work for the pie dough
- Shortening: we use butter-flavored shortening for the best flavor of the crust
- Salt: kosher salt will work perfectly
- Water: make sure to use cold water to get those flaky layers for the bottom crust
Peach Filling
- Peaches: use ripe peaches sliced and with the skins removed
- Lemon juice: freshly squeezed lemon juice will provide the best flavor but not pertinent
- Flour: use all-purpose flour or 2 Tablespoons of instant tapioca pudding as a substitute
- Sugar: can sugar or granulated sugar from the pantry
- Seasonings: ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg provide a nice added spice to this sweet pie dish
- Butter: room temperature butter for the filling
Sugar Glaze
- Milk: whole milk is what we like to use for the sugar glaze
- Sugar: granulated sugar
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to make Fresh Peach Pie
Pie Crust
- Mix flour, shortening and salt with fingers until it is a crumb mixture. Then add in cold water and mix until well blended.
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour so it is easier to work with.
- Take one ball from the fridge and roll into a circle on a lightly floured surface. Roll it thin because pie crust swells as it cooks.
- Place dough in a 9 inch pie pan. Don’t trim the excess of yet, leave it hanging over the edge.
Filling
- In a bowl mix peaches and lemon juice. In a separate bowl combine flour (or tapioca), sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add this mixture to the peaches.
- Pour into crust. Dot with small amounts of butter over the peaches.
Top Crust
- Roll out the other ball of dough. After it’s rolled out fold in half and cut some slits and designs so pie can breathe while cooking.
- Carefully place top crust over peaches.
- Cut off excess from top crust only. Bring the excess dough from bottom crust and fold over top.
- Seal the around the edge and flute the edge with finger.
Top Glaze
- With fingertip wet the top crust with milk making sure it does not puddle. Sprinkle sugar over the milk
- Bake at 425℉ for about 40 to 45 minutes.
- Crust should be golden brown. You may want to cover the edges with foil halfway through cooking time to prevent excessive browning on the outer edges.
Storing This Fresh Peach Pie
- Fridge: Store any leftover peach pie in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Freeze: Cover the pie with aluminum foil and place in a freezer-safe ziplock bag and store frozen for up to 3 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
When you are making this peach pie, you will not need to blind-bake the flaky homemade pie crust before filling it with the peach filling. The baked peach pie recipe will cook for long enough to adequately cook the crust completely.
When you are done making up the peach mixture there will be no need to cook the peaches in a sauce pan. They can go directly into the center of the pie and the oven will do all the cookiing it the peaches need.
If you want to get fancy like a lattice design with the crust as opposed to just pinching the crust closed with your fingers give this crust design tutorial a look!
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Classic Peach Pie
Ingredients
Pie Crust
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold water
Peach Filling
- 5 cups fresh peaches , sliced (remove skins)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼ cup flour, (or 2 Tablespoons instant tapioca)
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 Tablespoons butter
Sugar Glaze
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
Instructions
Pie Crust
- Mix flour, shortening and salt with fingers until it is a crumb mixture. Then add in cold water and mix until well blended.
- Divide dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour so it is easier to work with.
- Take one ball from the fridge and roll into a circle on a lightly floured surface. Roll it thin because pie crust swells as it cooks.
- Place dough in a 9 inch pie pan. Don't trim the excess of yet, leave it hanging over the edge.
Filling
- In a bowl mix peaches and lemon juice. In a separate bowl combine flour (or tapioca), sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add this mixture to the peaches.
- Pour into crust. Dot with small amounts of butter over the peaches.
Top Crust
- Roll out the other ball of dough. After it's rolled out fold in half and cut some slits and designs so pie can breathe while cooking.
- Carefully place top crust over peaches.
- Cut off excess from top crust only. Bring the excess dough from bottom crust and fold over top.
- Seal the around the edge and flute the edge with finger.
Top Glaze
- With fingertip wet the top crust with milk making sure it does not puddle. Sprinkle sugar over the milk
- Bake at 425℉ for about 40 to 45 minutes.
- Crust should be golden brown. You may want to cover the edges with foil halfway through cooking time to prevent excessive browning on the outer edges.
Notes
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This was delicious, and easy! I had never made a homemade pie crust before and was pleasantly surprised by this fool-proof crust. The filling turned out great, too. Next time I think I’ll go a little easier on the nutmeg and add a bit more cinnamon to suit my family’s tastes. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
OMG this is the best and easyest pie I have ever made. The crust came out perfect, flakey and so tasty. I used white peaches that had to be put in a paper bag for a day to ripen . They were large peaches so it only took 5. I give this receipt 5 stars and will check your site for future receipts.
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I’m confused, the ingrediant list does not mention tapioca pudding, but it’s part of the written instructions to add tapioca pudding. Please clarify.
Thanks so much for catching that. I went back to the original recipe and also checked the recipe in our cookbook. You can use flour or tapioca in the peach filling. I edited the recipe to make it easier to understand.