Caramel pear pie with oat crumble
Pies
One of my favorite movie food scenes is from Waitress. You know, the movie with Keri Russell (Felicity), where she plays a waitress who loves making pies. She names each pie after a sentiment running through her bones, like “I-hate-Earl-Pie,” “I-hate-my-job-pie.” The other day as I was rolling out and crimping, I started to think about my feelings and what’d I’d name my pies. I’d probably have a “Will-Amelia-Ever-Stop-Chewing-Stuff-Pie,” and, “The-Most-Heartbreaking-Part-About-Adulthood-Is-Learning-Your-Parents-Aren’t-Perfect-Pie,” and, “Am-I-Going-Down-The-Right-Path-Pie,” and lastly, “Joshua-Is-A-Dream-Pie.” I just got all real with y’all. Pie therapy: a new method for de-stressing. I sometimes think I enjoy making pie more than eating pie. That thought was proven to be totally false once I tasted this this pie. I loved this dang thing. This pie is everything I’d ever want from a pie. There’s fresh fruit; there’s good texture (hi oats!); nuttiness from the caramel and a hint of saltiness. I love the oat topping. I know I just said that like two sentences ago but I REALLY REALLY like it. It definitely looks better on top, but I started to think about maybe mixing oats into double-crusted pie. Imagine a oat and apple pie with caramel and then a lattice on top. …
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