Vegan Peach Pie

There is nothing I love more than some good old fashioned pie. My problem with pie at the moment is that most pies aren't vegan, and unless I make my own pie, it'susually off the menu. Today I took advantage of a peach sale at Vons. I arrived at my boyfriends house thinking, I have a pie tin, I can do this. Determination is key. I've only made pie once before so it was a vague memory. I used the following recipe.

For the Filling

5 or 6 ripe peaches washed and sliced thin-ish

1 cup of sugar

For the crust

about 1 1/2 cups of flour, give or take a pinch here and there.

about a 1/4 cup of vegan butter. give or take. You can see how your flour is holding up.

a large-ish pinch of sea salt

about 3 TBS of water

First

Take the sliced peaches, I don't used canned fruit for pie, but feel free to try if you want. Put the peaches in a bowl and add about one cup of sugar. You can add more if you so wish. Make this all your own. leave these to set in the sugar for about 45 minutes to an hour. (I went to the movies during this step. Note to the cook, don't make the dough if you plan to be gone for more than 45 minutes). When you are done putting some sugar on the peaches, start the crust

combined salt and flour

Mix in butter and stir around until it is a bit clumpy and chunky, then add water one spoonful at a time, until the dough is workable. Soon you will have a nice clump of dough which you can wrap in saran and put in the fridge for about a 1/2 hour.

After a half hour or so you can take out the dough. Take your pie plate, glass or tin whichever you have and take out a nice chunk of dough. press it on the tin making sure you leave some hanging on the edge. Take the rest and smash it with your rolling pin. Pretend it's someone you don't like...but don't beat it. roll until you have a nice roundish thing you can place on top. Rolling over some flour is recommended so it doesn't stick to the counter. This is important. Before you put in the peaches... Make some very small incisions at the bottom of the crust. Trust me! put in the peaches. and then cover it with your squished dough. crimp edges to close. Bake for about 45 minutes. Then eat and Enjoy.

I love to share my delicious pies with friends and co workers. I had no more left over after my hard day at work. PHEW!!!! I love Peach Pie :) Wish I had taken a picture. Next time...