Description
A tasty slab pie recipe from the book The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, cold
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3/4 cup plus 1-2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 5 cups sliced fresh peaches
- 3 cups fresh blueberries
Glaze
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5–6 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt; Cut in the butter until crumbly–it’s easier if you cut the butter into little chunks.
- Whisk the egg yolk into 3/4 cup of the milk, then add gradually to the flour mixture, tossing with a fork until the dough forms a ball. Add more milk, a tablespoon at a time, if necessary.
- Divide the dough into 2 portions so that one is slightly larger than the other. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out the larger portion of dough between 2 large sheets of lightly floured waxed paper into an 18 x 13-inch rectangle.
- Transfer to an ungreased 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan. Press the dough onto the bottoms of the pan and up the sides; Trim pastry to the edges of the pan.
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Add the peaches and blueberries and toss to coat evenly. Spoon onto the pastry.
- Roll out the remaining dough and place it over the filling. Fold the bottom pastry over the edge of the top pastry and seal edges–you can use a fork or just kind of pinch them together. Prick the top with a fork to vent.
- Bake 45-50 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
Directions for glaze
- Combine powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to get a drizzle consistency. Drizzle over pie. Cut pie into squares to serve.