Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 14 cups unsalted butter, thinly sliced
  • 1 -1 18 cup cold milk
  • 12 cups thinly sliced peaches (about 12-16 medium sized)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 18 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 14 cup packed brown sugar
  • 12-23 cup flour
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, thinly sliced
  • 12 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 12-2 tablespoons milk
  • 14 teaspoon vanilla

Method

  • **flour amounts will depend on peaches; use more flour for juicy peaches.
  • For crust:.
  • Combine flour, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
  • Add butter; cut in with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Add milk, 1/4 cup at a time, stirring dough gently until mixture comes together.
  • Separate one third of the dough and form into a ball; form remaining 2/3 of the dough into another ball.
  • Set aside and rest for 15 minutes.
  • Roll out larger ball on lightly floured board into 14x17 rectangle.
  • Ease dough over rolling pin and transfer to 9x13 inch baking pan, placing so dough covers the bottom and sides of the pan; set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 400.
  • For filling, combine peaches, lemon juice, salt, cinnamon, allspice, brown sugar and granulated sugar into large bowl.
  • Spoon fruit into pastry-lined pan; spread evenly.
  • Scatter butter over fruit.
  • Roll out remaining dough into 9x13 inch rectangle.
  • Place over fruit.
  • Pinch edges of bottom crust over top crust, forming a ridge.
  • Seal, cutting off and discarding excess dough.
  • Cut 2 or 3 slashes into crust.
  • Place pan on baking sheet to catch any overflowing filling.
  • Bake 1 hour or until crust is golden brown and fruit is bubbling.
  • Remove from oven and cool at room temperature for 1 hour.
  • For glaze: combine powdered sugar and 1 1/2 tbsp milk and vanilla in small bowl.
  • Add more milk if needed to reach consistency of pancake batter.
  • Drizzle glaze onto peach squares.
  • Set aside 30 minutes to set.
  • Cut into 5 rows of 4 slices each.