Peach Pie

While visiting family back in PA, I had the awesome, wonderful, stupendous opportunity to watch and document my Aunt Lori baking her famous peach pie!  Aunt Lori is a good cook and that's a good thing because she has 3 hungry guys in her house to feed.  She's very neat like my Grandma and makes things so perfectly. 



Famous Chambersburg, PA peaches!

When I Googled peach pie there were around 10 blogs solely devoted to coming up with dozens of ways to make peach pie.

We both decided, really quickly, that we would rely on blender power!

I loved baking with my Aunt Lori, but she had a rule, "only pictures of the food please." 
But I managed to get a shot of her hand. =)

1,2,3...wait a second, 4,5.   
It took awhile for my camera to work but at least everyone was smiling.
Aunt Lori's family enjoying delicious peach pie while watching
the tractor pull at the Shippensburg Fair!

Soothing peach pie and thunderous tractors - what a combination!

Ingredients:
10 inch pie crust (unbaked)
1 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp. flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 egg beaten
2 1/2 cup fresh peaches

Combine and mix ingredients until smooth (except peaches). Add peaches to mixture and pour into unbaked pie crust. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.

Streusel topping
1/2 cup flour
4 Tbsp. butter (soft)
6 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix with a fork. Put on hot pie. Put a few chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, or almonds) on top; return to oven for 10 minutes.

There were a lot of us there, so everyone got a small piece.    

While at the fair we won three goldfish, but unfortunately they didn't live very long. We couldn't help but give them silly names like Plunger, Flushy, and T.P. We had fun with them while they were around but sadly they died on the second day. Well maybe they ended up in the ocean, that's where Nemo went...right?

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!

Trail Mix Cookies

Like I said, they're surprisingly good. =)

 I'm not really a hiker, I'm more of a runner, biker, walker, or swimmer... not a hiker. There's not a whole lot I like about hiking except for trail mix. I could easily go on a hike if you bribed me with trail mix. Although you wouldn't have any M&M's left after you handed me the bag. But.... I've found a solution to me not taking all the M&M's. It's called trail mix cookies, and surprisingly...they're really good!

The Ingredients

Make sure to use whole wheat flour, otherwise your cookie may not be whole.... without the whole wheat flour.

I think the cookie monster would be pretty impressed with these ingredients

More great recipes at Joy's Website.

Ingredients
2 1/2 C. old-fashioned oats
1 C. all-purpose flour
1 C. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 C. (2 sticks) unsalted butter - softened
1 C. granulated sugar
1 C. packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 C. peanut butter chips                 
1 C. M&Ms candy
1 C. roasted, salted peanuts
1/2 C. golden raisins

Directions 

1. Place racks in the center and upper third of the oven, and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper (or just spray with non-stick spray) and set aside.

2.In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flours, baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

3. With an electric mixer, beat together the sugars and softened butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on medium speed for about a minute after each addition. Stop and scrape the bowl as necessary. Add in the vanilla and beat until thoroughly incorporated.

4. Stop the mixer and add the flour mixture all at once. Beat on low speed until just incorporated. Add the peanut butter chips, M&Ms, peanuts, and raisins. Finish mixing together by hand, so as to not over-mix. Roll tablespoonfuls into balls (or use a cookie scoop) and place on baking sheets. Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until lightly browned around edges. Remove from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes on the cookie sheets, then finish cooling on wire racks. 

Twists, Tricks, and Tips:

I used a combination of salted and unsalted butter and it turned out fine. I also used regular raisins instead of golden. I didn't have any salty peanuts around, so I crushed 1/2 cup of walnuts. I also substituted peanut butter chips, for butterscotch. 

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!