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Mix flour, sugar and salt in large mixing bowl.
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Add butter and shortening.
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Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter and shortening into flour until mixture resembles coarse meal.
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Drizzle 6 tablespoons ice water over mixture.
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Kneed with your handss just until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry.
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Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk.
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Wrap in plastic; chill until dough is firm enough to roll out, about 30 minutes.
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Roll out dough on lightly floured work surface as for a pie, but cut it into an 8-inch square and set aside.
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Save remaining dough and set it aside also.
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Preheat oven to 475F
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Combine the peaches, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a Dutch oven.
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Allow to sit until sugar is dissolved and a syrup forms.
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Over medium heat, bring the peach mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
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Remove from heat and add butter; stir in melted butter.
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Spoon half the peach mixture into a lightly buttered 8-inch square Pyrex dish.
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Cover with the pastry square.
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Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Spoon the remaining peach mixture over the baked pastry.
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Roll out the remaining pastry, and cut into strips about an inch wide.
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Arrange strips in a loose lattice weave over the peach mixture.
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Bake an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until browned.