Peaches & Cream Pie Recipe
Peaches & Cream Pie’s filling is made with peach preserves, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks and lemon zest like the consistency of the infamous Key Lime Pie custard. Butter Pecan Cookies instead of grahams made the buttery and nut flavored crust. This is a summer fave!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12-15 mintues
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 1-9" tart or pie 1x
- Category: Dessert- Pie
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Butter Pecan Shortbread Cookie or Graham Cracker Crumb Crust
1–1/2 cups butter pecan shortbread cookies or 12 graham cracker sheets
2 tablespoons granulated sugar for shortbread cookies or 3 tablespoons for graham cracker crust
1/4 cup melted butter for shortbread crust or 1/3 cup melted butter for graham cracker crust
Peach Filling
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2/3 cup peach preserves
2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
3 large egg yolks
Garnish
Sweetened Whipped Cream
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, well chilled
2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon creme bouquet or vanilla flavoring
4 medium peaches, peeled and thinly sliced wedges or 2 large cans of peach slices, well drained
5–7 fresh mint leaves
Instructions
Shortbread or Graham Cracker Crust
- Prepare crumb crust but use 2 tablespoons sugar instead of ¼ cup and 4 tablespoons butter.* (Shortbread cookies are made with butter and sugar, so you will need to use less butter and sugar in the crumb crust recipe to prevent the crust from being to soggy.) Chill crust while preparing filling.
- Preheat oven to 350. In small bowl, cream together sweetened condensed milk and peach preserves until smooth and creamy.
- In separate bowl, beat egg yolk’s about 3 minutes add lemon zest. Combine the egg yolk mixture to the condensed milk and peach preserve filling beat additional 2 minutes. Pour filling into prepared crumb crust.
- Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes until center is set.
- Remove from oven and cool. Cover with plastic wrap and chill. Garnish before serving with fresh peach slices, sweetened whipped cream and mint sprigs.
Notes
- Garnish with fresh peach slices, whipped cream and mint leaves before serving.
- Brush fresh peaches with melted peach preserves or apricot preserves for shiny glaze and protective coating.
- Store pie covered in refrigerator.
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