Pie Club Week 8: Oatmeal

Week 8 already, and it was oatmeal pie! Yep, oatmeal. This week I heard a lot of: "What? Oatmeal pie? What is that?" However, some brave souls ordered it, and it is just how it sounds, oatmeal in a pie version. It was delicious and super, super sweet.

The oatmeal pie I made was basically like the filling of a pecan pie, but with rolled oats instead of nuts. I used a basic pate brisee crust, poured in the filled and baked. It also puffs up in the oven just like a pecan pie, and then deflates once it has cooled. When baking, this pie fills the house with the smell of oatmeal cookies.

While this pie was delicious, it was very sweet and we liked it a little better in the morning than as a dessert. I also liked it with just lightly sweetened, whipped cream. If I made this again, I think I would either add some nuts to it, or use more oats to help balance the sweetness of the filling. This was not one of my personal favorite pies so far, but it was yummy and a success! If someone wanted this pie, I would make it again, and may make the version with nuts added this fall/winter.