Fresh Peach Pie with Cream Cheese

Peaches. My favorite thing about the summer. They are Pretty. Sweet. Tangy. and really you can make so many different things with them. From simple peaches and cream/ice cream, pie to cobbler. My favorite is fresh peach pie though. I love pie. Give me pie and I will always be happy <3

I recently bought a box of peaches and used them just to have some fresh fruit. A few days later they started to become very ripe and I knew I needed to use them up. So I started a pie.

For this peach pie you will want
1 9 in. Pie Crust (baked and cooled)
1 8oz.  Philadelphia Cream Cheese
5-6 medium sized Peaches (you will want them ripe)
Powered Sugar
White Sugar
Milk or Heavy Cream

Pie always starts with the crust. My mom has always made the perfect pie crust, perfectly flaky and light.  It has always been a goal of mine to learn to make it as well as she can and have to say I am getting pretty good ;)
 I was at Moms when I started to make this pie crust and it was humid! We have had a ton of rain lately and I didn't even think about how it would affect the pie. I made the crust as usual and I could tell when I went to roll it out that it was very soft. The butter had melted a lot, so when I went to pick up the crust to place in the pie plate it kinda fell apart in some areas. So please excuse this crust as it isn't the prettiest I have made. (Make sure that you let your pie crust cool completely before moving on.)

If you dont feel like making your own pie crust go ahead and do what suits you! 

Peel and slice the peaches. I always do long slices after cutting the peach in half but what ever your preference is go with it.

Notice the holes and the gap in the crust? Didn't patch as good as I hoped but it still tasted fine.

Next you will want to mix your cream cheese. Let your cream cheese soften a bit before mixing. It will spread easier. I added about a 1/8 cup of milk (usually I use cream but I didn't have any one hand.) and whipped it with the beaters till smooth. I added 1/4 cup of powdered sugar to sweeten the cream cheese. But really that is up to you on how sweet you would like it to be. It will also depend on your fruit! How sweet is your fruit? If you feel like its too tart you can always add more powdered sugar to the cream cheese. Make sure it is all blended together nice and creamy.
Then spread all the cream cheese on the bottom of the cooled pie crust. Be careful to not crumble the pie crust. Have patience. It is best to place dollops of cream cheese around the crust and then spread them together. Make sure it is all evened out and to all the edges.

This pie crust really took a lot before we got to eat it. Theodore had come by earlier and touched the edge of the crust causing it to break. If I was not just making this just to make it, I would have started over because now it was really ugly lol.

 I like to add a little sugar to my fruit but that is my preference. (If your fruit is nice and sweet and doesn't need it then you can fore-go the extra sugar.) Toss the peaches with the sugar till they are all coated and then place the peaches over the cream cheese. You will want to serve immediately as the juices will drain down to the crust making it go soggy. If you wont be eating it quickly you can always refrigerate the pie crust with the cream cheese and put the peaches on later. Slice the pie and enjoy!

This is my go to pie for dinners, coffee dates or tea parties! And really you can make it with whatever fresh fruit you enjoy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.