Nerdy Treats: Bourbon & Brown Sugar Peach Pie via Miss Make

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Bourbon & Brown Sugar Peach Pie with Cornmeal Crust

Ingredients:

5 cups peeled & thinly sliced peaches (about 6 or 7 medium)

1/2 c white sugar

1/2 c brown sugar

1/2 c flour

1 tsp cinnamon

pinch salt

2 tsp lemon juice

1/4 c bourbon

1 tbsp butter

milk

sugar

1 batch cornmeal pie dough (recipe follows)

1. Mix up the pie dough and let it chill for an hour.
2. Peel and slice the peaches.
3. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
4. In a large bowl, combine the flour mixture, peaches, lemon juice and bourbon. Mix until well coated.
5. Roll out half the pie dough on a floured surface into a 12" circle and put into a 9" pie pan. Fill the pie shell with the filling. Cut the butter into small pieces and distribute over peaches. Then roll out the second half of the dough and make the top of the pie as desired.
6. Brush the crust with milk and dust with sugar [coarsely ground turbinado sugar works best].
6. Wrap the outside of the crust in foil. Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 30 min. Reduce the heat to 350 and bake for another 25-30 min until crust is toasty brown and filling is bubbling. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Cornmeal Pie Dough

Ingredients:

2 1/4 c flour

1/2 cup cornmeal

2 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes

6 tbsp cold shortening, cut into small cubes

1/2 c - 3/4 c cold milk

1. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt until well combined.
2. Add butter and shortening. Make sure it's cold, cold, cold! Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut butter and shortening into flour mixture until everything resembles small pellets.
3. Add 1/2 c of the milk slowly, tossing with a fork, until mixture can be packed. Add more milk if necessary.
4. Separate into 2 disks. Make one slightly larger for the bottom crust. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.