Peach Pie Filling

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups sliced peaches, preferably free stone (about 10 peaches)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour or 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 after peeling and slicing peaches, toss with lemon juice.
• 2 stir together flour and sugar and toss well with peaches.
• 3 place into foil lined deep pie plate, dot with butter and cover with foil.
• 4 freeze immediately. next day lift foil package from pie plate and return to freezer.
• 5 to bake pie, prepare pastry for a double crust and line a 10 inch pie plate with pastry.
• 6 fit unwrapped pie filling into crust and cover with a lattice crust.
• 7 cover the edge with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning.
• 8 cook at 425 for 35 minutes. remove foil and bake another 15 minutes until crust is brown and juices bubble through vents.