2's The Magic Number

I walked into the kitchen this morning at roughly 10:30am. My stomach growls and my mind screams, "FOOD!" I look in the fridge, and what do I see? One slice of peach pie from the night before. Holy Crap! I knew my family was into my baking, but a whole pie in one night? Dang. Honestly, I have no idea why I was so surprised. I guess it was for the fact that when I put it away the night before, it was roughly 11pm, and the only person up at night is my dad who's coming home from work. So in conclusion, I totally thought it was my dad who ate the entire pie. Rest assured, he had two slices and my brother had two, so it wasn't just one dude who ate it :P

So seeing that one pie was gone, and there were still two peaches left, I decided: I'm going to try something wild!
I ran to the store to pick up some apples, (I bet you know where this is going) and once I got home, I created something I had never heard of before: Peach Apple Pie! I didn't know if it would turn out edible or if I'd end up poisoning my family with some toxic. I guess we'd soon find out.

I don't like to brag, but... It was pretty amazing :)

Dough
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup water

Filling
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 peaches [skinned, pitted and sliced]
3 apples [skinned, cored, and sliced]
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp butter
3 tsp sugar
1 egg white


Instructions
Preheat oven to 425*F 

Skin the fruits and cut them into slices. Set to the side.  

In a medium sized bowl, add the 3/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar and the 1/4 cup flour, Stir together so it's evenly mixed. Add the sliced fruit. Pour over the 1 tbsp lemon juice and toss. Continue tossing until well mixed. Add the cinnamon and mix again. Set the bowl to the side.

In a large bowl, add the 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 2/3 cup shortening. Cut the shortening into the flour with either a fork or a pastry cutter [I used a fork myself]. Continue cutting until the bowl is filled with tiny clumps of shortening covered with flour. Add the water and mix together to get the dough.

Flour the work surface generously and plop the dough ball onto it. Form the dough into a ball, then divide it into two equal clumps. Put one clump off to the side, and start rolling out the other. Remember to flour your hands and the pin so the dough doesn't stick. Roll it out into a circle, or as best as you can.

Loosely roll the dough onto the rolling pin and drape over the pie pan. Gently push the dough down to form the pan. Dump the filling into the pan.

Roll out the second clump of dough into another circle, or as best you can.

Loosely roll the dough over the rolling pin and drape it over the top of the pie. Poke plenty of air holes into the pie.

With the egg, create a white wash and brush it over the dough. Sprinkle the 3 tbsp sugar over the pie.

Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes on 425*F, then lower the heat down to 350*F for another 40 minutes.

I don't know what I did... but it still tasted good :D 

 In the end, if you follow the recipe and add the 1/2 cup of water to the dough, rather than accidentally only using 1/4 cup like I did... then you're pie will look a lot prettier than mine haha.