Sour Cream & Summer Peach Pie

I recently heard tell of a sour cream peach pie and it struck me as a delicious & lovely summer treat. I began searching for a recipe and was surprised to find that there weren't many out there that fit the bill.

If you know me at all you'll know that I can't leave well enough alone...so I took two of the top reviewed recipes I found & combined my favorite bits of each...the results were better than I could have imagined. :)

• Filling:
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 2 tbs all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 tsp cardamom
• 1 inch vanilla bean, seeds scraped out
• • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 3 large peaches, thinly sliced
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• 1 unbaked pie crust
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• Topping:
• 2 Tbs all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbs white sugar
• 4 Tbs oats
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, softened

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Pierce the crust with a fork (to prevent bubbling) and place on middle rack in the oven for 10-12 min. This step prevents the crust from getting soggy :)
3. Whisk together the sugar, flour, salt cardamom & vanilla seeds. Beat in the sour cream and egg. Stir in the sliced peaches. Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking until the filling is set, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven.
5. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
6. Whisk together the flour, sugar, oats and cinnamon in a small bowl. Mix in the butter with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the pie.
7. Return the pie to the preheated oven and bake until topping is golden, about 10 minutes. Let pie cool slightly before slicing.

Warm or cold this pie is downright yummy & would be lovely with some vanilla ice cream.

A Few Notes on Peaches...

*I didn't peel the peaches however some people don't like the texture of the peach skin...

*If you're using canned or frozen be sure to drain well otherwise the filling may not set as well or generally be runny.

*I used White peaches, but Yellow work just as well!