You ought to have all the tools in your pie baking toolbelt you can manage. Blind baking and par-baking are tools for making ...

here's how to blind-bake a pie crust. Think of blind baking—partially (par-baking) or fully baking a pie crust—as a head ...

We chose seven different brands of frozen prepared pie crusts based on popularity and availability. Some came in aluminum ...

so after analyzing each crust at a par-baked level, we popped it back in the oven until fully cooked. Fact: A total dud of a pie can look like a million bucks until you bite in, and a great ...

We chose seven different brands of frozen prepared pie crusts based on popularity ... We chose not to fill any of the crusts and baked them according to the par-bake package directions.