CRUMB TOPPING FOR PEACH PIE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F with oven rack in lower third of oven. Fit piecrust dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Fold edges under and crimp as desired. Chill piecrust, uncovered, while preparing the filling. Place a rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil in oven to preheat for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together flour, pecans, ½ cup of the brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon and ½ teaspoon of the salt in a medium bowl. Add butter; pinch and smear mixture between your fingers until butter is evenly incorporated and mixture starts to clump together. Cover and chill until ready to use.
• Toss together peaches, cornstarch, ginger, lemon juice, vanilla, remaining ¾ cup brown sugar, and remaining 1 teaspoon each cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Let stand at room temperature 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle cornmeal evenly over bottom of chilled piecrust. Top with peach mixture and all its juices from bowl. Crumble the pecan mixture evenly over top. Place pie on preheated baking sheet, and bake at 400°F until liquid is bubbly and thickened and crumble topping is golden brown, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, shielding pie with aluminum foil after 35 minutes if needed to prevent excess browning.
• Transfer pie to a wire rack to cool completely at room temperature, at least 4 hours. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Cover and store at room temperature for 1 day, or in refrigerator up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Make crust: In a food processor, pulse flour, salt, and granulated sugar until combined. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons ice water. Pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed (if necessary, add up to 2 tablespoons ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time); do not overmix. Form dough into a disk, wrap tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour (or up to overnight).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly flour a rolling pin and work surface and roll out dough to a 12-inch round. Place in a 9-inch pie plate, fold overhang under, and crimp edges. Make filling: In a large bowl, toss together peaches, brown sugar, and flour until combined. Make crumble: In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and oats; using your hands, work in butter until large clumps form.
• Transfer peach filling to pie shell, then sprinkle crumble evenly over top. Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until juices are bubbling and topping is golden, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack 1 1/2 hours before serving.