Oregon Peach Pie

By Stef -

Okay, so I got this recipe from my sister-in-law, Ange and would give it a 9.5. I thought it was that good. I made the sugar cookie version and the one thing I will change next time is that I won't put almonds at the bottom because I don't like nuts and it gave it kind of a caramel popcorn taste (I don't like popcorn either). So if you like nuts and popcorn, stick with the almonds. Everyone else who ate it really liked it with the almonds. I've never tried it with a regular pie crust, but I'm sure that would be tasty as well.This tastes best if you use fresh peaches, so this is more of a summer dessert.


Oregon Peach Pie

1 9-inch pie crust, baked
1/2 cup sliced almonds
2 tsp. butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups whipped cream, whipped
2-3 peaches, peeled and sliced, approx. 1 3/4 cups

Glaze:
2-3 peaches, peeled
1 Tbs. lemon juice
1/2 cups sugar
1 Tbs. cornstarch

Cook nuts in a fry pan with butter until slightly golden brown. Coo. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of baked pie shell.
Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. GENTLY fold in whipped cream. Spoon over nuts in pie shell. Refrigerate 1 hour. For glaze, combine peaches and lemon juice in blender and blend until well mixed. Add sugar and cornstarch. Blend to mix. Pour into saucepan. Cook and stir on medium heat until mixture thickens and boils. Boil one minute. Remove from heat. Cool. Remove 1/2 cup glaze and pour the remaining amount over cream cheese mixture. Arrange peach slices on top of pie. Spoon remaining 1/2 cup glaze over peaches. refrigerate until firm.

Yummy option: Use a sugar cookie dough for the crust- press thin layer in a 9x13 pan, bake, then follow directions as above.

Sugar Cookie Recipe:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder

Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Add sour cream and egg. Gradually add the flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. After it is mixed, roll dough into ball, put in waxed paper and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.
Press dough into bottom of greased 9x13 pan (this recipe makes 2 pans). This will rise quite a bit, so you don't want it to be too thick in the pan before you cook it.
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Allow time to cool.

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