Peach Pie Submitted by: Thoth | Date Added: 29 May 2022

Ingredients

Crust Ingredients<ul><li>2c rolled oats (if you use instant oatmeal, you will need less water)</li><li>1/2c melted shortening</li><li>1/4 tsp nutmeg</li><li>1/4 tsp cinnamon</li><li>~3-5T water</li></ul>Filling Ingredients<ul><li>On the order of a
quart of sliced peaches, give or take. The exact amount will depend on
your pan, but with a 9" pan, it's gonna be about a quart.</li><li>1c water, divided</li><li>1tsp ginger</li><li>3T cornstarch</li><li>1/4c
sugar or the heat-safe sweetener of your choice. You don't need much,
just enough to give the ginger something to grab on to.</li></ul>

Cooking Instructions

CrustPreheat the oven to 180C/350F. Measure your oats first, so you don't
make a mess. Pour them in a mixing bowl. Add seasonings and stir until
the colour is consistent. Melt the shortening and stir that in, making
sure all the oats are coated. Now, you'll notice this stuff is pretty
loose, and we need it not to be, so take 2T water and mix it in and just
leave it for a few minutes. If it still feels loose, repeat with
another tablespoon. You're unlikely to need more than 5T. Eventually,
you should be able to press this stuff to the side of the bowl and get
it to stick. That's when you get out your pie pan, dump this oat stuff
in it, and start smooshing it around with a spoon. You should be able to
coat a 9" pie pan with a moderate layer of oat gunk. Bake the crust for
about fifteen minutes and then cool it completely before putting
filling into it.FillingDump the peaches in a pot with half a cup of water and put a lid on
it. You're going to boil those for about 10-15m, until they're soft. In a
different container, mix the other 1/2c water with the ginger,
cornstarch, and sugar. Really stir the crap out of it until the
cornstarch and sugar don't make lumps. Once the peaches are soft, dump
that into the pot and keep stirring it! I suggest a fork. Somewhere in
there, probably pretty quick, because it's a small amount of water,
you're going to start to catch lumps. Just keep stirring them out until
the whole pan starts to thicken up like a pudding. When the edges hit a
rolling boil, turn off the heat and keep stirring for a minute or two.
Leave that to cool to at least a temperature you'd be willing to put in
your mouth.Pour the pie sludge into the cooled crust. You're
probably going to have to scrape it off the bottom and sides of the pot,
because this stuff is really thick, which is what we want it
to be. Make sure you've got that sauce into just about everywhere
there's space between a peach and the crust, then stick it in the fridge
to finish cooling. It should set, in  few hours. <s>Should. In theory. This is the part I'm up to.</s> But, really, if it doesn't, then you have a fantastically delicious slightly runny pie, which is not the worst thing you could end up with.