Suzie's Peach Pie

A couple years ago, I was on a mission to find a great peach pie recipe. I made a few pies and none of them tasted very good. I gave up thinking there just wasn't a good peach pie recipe out there. This year, my friend Suzie convinced me to try her recipe. When I first looked at the recipe, it looked just like all the others I've tried, but I made it anyway because I told Suzie I would. It was actually good!! The entire family loved it. Livie said "it was money." So, Melissa as promised, here is the recipe.....

As Suzie says, your pie will only be as good as the peaches you use, so use some nice ripe, juicy peaches!!

5 large peaches

1/2 c. sugar

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

2/3 c. water

1 3 oz. package peach Jell-O

1/3 c. orange juice

1 9-inch pie crust

Make & bake regular pie crust (or just buy one in the freezer section and follow the directions).  Cool completely.

While pie crust is baking, stir sugar and cornstarch together in a small or medium saucepan.  Add water and whisk together.  Cook over medium-high heat and while stirring/whisking constantly and bring to a boil.  Continue to whisk and cook for 1 minute.  Remove from heat and stir in Jell-O until dissolved.  Set aside to cool.

Peel, pit, and slice peaches (after peeling I cut mine into 8th's or 12th's) and put in a bowl with the orange juice, stirring occasionally to keep all peaches coated.

Once the Jell-O mixture has cooled to room temperature (don't let it sit or cool too long...it'll thicken too much), pour it over the peaches and orange juice and gently stir/mix well.  Spoon peaches into the pie shell and refrigerate at least a few hours prior to serving. There is a lot of the jello mixture, so put all the peaches in, but if you don't get all the mixture in, that's ok! (Suzie uses a slotted spoon because she doesn't like too much of the gelatin mixture, my kids liked a little more)  

Top with whipped cream & enjoy!