Peanut Butter Oatmeal Pie!

Dear Readers: We hope you had a splendid, overstuffed, coma-inducing Big Dead Bird Day! We thought a Fat Kid's post on the fattest day of the year was a little redundant, so we took a quick vaycay.

But now we're back to continue our Pie Unit! This weekend, Liz decided to marry three of her very favorite tasty treats into a joyful polygamous union of baked good bliss. Oatmeal, peanut butter, and pie. Why haven't those three ALWAYS been together? They seriously should've hooked up years ago, those crazy kids.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Mini Pies

Why "mini pies"? Well because everything wonderful increases tenfold in wonder when it's miniature. If there's one thing I know about the world, it's that. Get cute little mini pies by using a cupcake tray! Or just forego adorability and make one hulking big one. It'll still taste like your wildest dreams.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. First, you'll wait to unroll your pie crusts onto a cutting board and cut them into semi-circle shapes about 4 inches across. You may have to do a little sculpting when you place them one by one into the ungreased cupcake pan. (I wasn't sure how much they were going to expand at first so I did each 9 inch pie shell one tray at a time with the pies kind of spread out like so. Turns out you don't NEED to do this, however!)

Once those are ready, set them aside. Then get crackin' on the drool-inspiring filling. Whip the eggs till they're frothy and then add the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. After that's combined, add the rest of the wet ingredients: Corn syrup, melted butter, peanut butter, and vanilla. Then fold in the dry oatmeal. 

Resist the urge to drink through a straw.

 Then fill each of the pie cups about 3/4 of the way to the top.  It WILL puff up when it bakes! The whole batter should yield 12 little pies. Again, I had no idea how these were going to turn out so I made a small batch at first!  

Godspeed, little guys!

 Bake the little dudes for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center and the pie crust is golden brown. Let them cool and then gently scoop each one out of the tray with a spoon. 

After that, let them cool for another 10 minutes or so and dig in! As most peanut butter, oatmeal, or pie items go, it's always best served with a tall glass of milk!

A gooey adventure awaits you!

Now, as some of you may remember (but it's okay if you forgot), our buddy Dawn was the winner of our "Guess what the hell Liz is making with waffles!" contest last month. Because she was the only one who commented correctly with an actual GUESS, she therefore won the mini pies. I ambushed her on the side of the road to present her with baked goods. It was pretty great.

Surprise! Here's pies!

So if YOU want to be given baked goods in public and inspire jealousy in everyone you see, keep commenting, keep tweeting at us! Especially next time we play a guessing game! Your smile could be as lovely as Dawn's. Really, we mean it, and she's got a really lovely smile!

Join us over the coming weeks as we get super pumped for Christmas and for jolly ol' Santa, the original Fat Kid.

xs n' ohs,

Liz