Detering Orchards Marie's Every Day Fresh Peach Pie

  5 cups sliced Deterings Orchards peaches (about 8 medium-size)
  3/4 cup sugar
  2 tablespoon tapioca
  1 tablespoon lemon juice
  1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  pinch salt
  1 tablespoon butter, cut into bits
  pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie
  1 teaspoon sugar

Mix first 7 ingredients. Line 9-inch pie pan with pastry. Pour in peach mixture. Cover with top crust. Seal, flute, prick with fork. Brush lightly with cold water. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar. Bake on lowest rack  in over at 400 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.

Variations:
Peach'n'Strawberry Pie:
Use 3 cups sliced peaches and 2 cup strawberries, halved. Use 1/4 teaspoon almond extract instead of cinnamon.

Peach'n'Dark Berry Pie:
Use 3 cups sliced peaches and 2 cups blueberries or blackberries.

Peach'n'Apple Pie:
Use 3 cups sliced peaches and 2 cups apples.

Peach'n'Pear Pie:
Use 3 cups sliced peaches and 2 cups sliced pears.

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