First peach of the season

[centauress]

I do this every year, for the next two months I'll be making pies almost weekly. I love fruit pies, and it's the season I can afford to do that. I'm pretty proud of myself, I rolled the crust for the first time in... Well, I usually have dv_girl do it for me. It's to the point that I rarely find pies better than mine elsewhere... But I think that it's

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[dustmeat]

Looks good from here!

[auntyjen]

they look fantastic!!!
they say to use ice water when making the crust for a flakier pie

[centauress]

I don't usually, but I did this time because of the weather. And I had the bowl sitting on icepacks. It's important to keep the butter and fats from melting while you mix it.

[auntyjen]

yea, when i used to bake for Dunkin Donuts,
i always used as much ice as possible in the mix because we did 100 pounds of dough at once, and that could build up a lot of heat

[coffeedaiv]

There are pie cherrys at my local farmers market, on Sundays. If you come up and promise to bake me a pie, i will even buy the cherries.
Where are you going to get a better deal than that?

[centauress]

I know there are pie cherries at your place!