While most pie crusts are similar in shape, there's quite a bit of variance in composition. Some pies have nut or coconut crusts, some have cookie crumb crusts, while others have crusts made from ...

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

That’s why — each November — we round up all the grocery store pumpkin pies we can find every year and put them to the blind taste ... didn’t have a bake case pumpkin pie, so we picked ...

We started by blind baking a store-bought, frozen pie crust in each pie plate. Since mass-produced crusts are more consistent than any homemade dough, this test allowed us to quickly judge how ...

It’s best to make the dough and refrigerate it overnight before using it. Should I blind bake the pie crust? I don’t usually blind bake my pie dough, but it’s not a bad idea when working with such a ...

Even thickened juices can sog up a crust. If you are making a custard pie of any kind (like pumpkin!) please blind bake your crust, this is the only way for the bottom crust to be crisp.

You will learn how to make dough (by hand or with a food processor), as well as how to roll, fit, and properly blind-bake pie crust,” according to the class description. Wear an apron and expect ...

Fill all the way to the top so the dough is pressed up against the sides of the dish. Blind bake with pie weights at a relatively high temperature (400°F or whatever temperature your recipe calls ...

Using this method eliminates the need for blind baking the crust. Use a deep-dish pie pan. This recipe makes enough filling for one standard deep-dish pie (1½ to 2 inches deep). If you use a ...