Never heard of a Peach Pile? That might be because I made it up. Yep. See, this weekend for my mom’s birthday I made a very special, ooey gooey, deep dish peach pie that was topped with a buttery, sugary, cinnamony oat topping. It smelled delicious, it looked delicious and I just knew it was going to taste delicious. But there was only one problem–it DID NOT want to come out of its pan. Nuh uh. Wasn’t having it. Absolutely refused to be eaten. Unfortunately we had to get a little rough with the pie and ended up with what I could only think of in my mind as a big ‘ole pile of peaches and crust. See below.
I think part of the problem was that in my haste I didn’t wait for the pie to cool down enough (as in all the way), in fact, it was still slightly hot. So while we didn’t have the massively tall, delicously perfect slices of pie I had imagined in my mind, we still had an amazingly good pile of peaches, buttery crust and oatmeal topping that was everything I imagined it would taste like along with some cold, creamy vanilla ice cream. Oh yes, and I did use a store-bought crust only because I think they are quite good and didn’t want to take the 4.5 HOURS to make the pie that a homemade crust would have required.
I will say that not one person cared about what the pie looked like once they started eating it. We were licking our plates clean with this one.
Enjoy!
See original recipe here.
- 1, 9-inch Deep Dish Pie Crust (I used store bought)
- 8 Large Firm, Fresh, Ripe Peaches
- ¼ c. AP Flour
- ½ c. Firmly Packed Light Brown Sugar
- ⅓ c. Granulated Sugar
- 1 t. Cinnamon
- ⅛ t. Salt
- 2 T. Cold Butter, diced
- ½ c. Oats
- ½ c. AP Flour
- ½ c. Firmly Packed Light Brown Sugar
- ¼ c. (1/2 stick) Unsalted Butter, melted
- ½ t. Cinnamon
- Peel peaches and then cut into ½-inch thick chunks and place in a large bowl. Whisk together flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt and then add to the peaches, stirring to coat. Immediately spoon into the pie crust and dot with the two tablespoons of diced butter. Place in the freezer for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 and make the oatmeal topping.
- Thoroughly stir together the oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and melted butter until well combined. Remove the pie for the freezer and carefully press the oatmeal topping onto the pie.
- Line a cookie sheet with foil and place the pie on top of the cookie sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake 40 minutes. Cover loosely with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning and bake 25 more minutes or until juices are thick and bubbly. Transfer to a wire rack and cool two hours before serving or until completely cool.
