Kitchen Tips Mushy Peach Pie Crust? Not With This 1 Trick By Carl Hanson Carl Hanson Carl Hanson is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes who has been writing about food and wine for nearly 20 years. He enjoys creating content that informs, entertains, and assists busy home cooks get nourishing meals on the table for their families. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Updated on June 14, 2021 Close Peach pies are summer's perfect dessert. Except when they're a soupy, crust-mushifying mess. Peaches are a juicy fruit. That's a good thing, almost always. With pies, though, you want to minimize the juiciness. Well, good news. Here are a couple simple tricks from Chef John to help you bake a firm, moist-but-not-watery peach pie. 1) Put sliced peaches in a bowl with sugar and a pinch of salt. Let it sit for 30 minutes until it looks like this. 2) Then set a strainer over a sauce pan. Pour the fruit into the strainer, and let it sit for about 5 minutes, with the juices running into the sauce pan. Pro Tip: Reduce the sugary peach sauce for later. 3) Now the real key to ensuring a moist but not watery pie is to use a lattice top on your pie. The spaces between the strips of lattice allow extra juices to evaporate as the pie bakes. The result? Perfect peach pie! Give these tricks a try: Chef John's Peach Pie Peach Pie Peach Pie with Sour Cream Peach-a-Berry Pie Raspberry-Peach Pie Peach Pie the Old Fashioned Two Crust Way Honey Peach Pie Learn all about peaches, including how to buy and store them. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit