No, blind baking isn't a party trick where you bake a cake with your eyes covered. It's actually an important step on the ...

Ever come across recipe directions telling you to bind bake pie crust? If you've ever made some of my personal favorite recipes like this Silky Chocolate Pie or Easy Fresh Strawberry Pie, you ...

Line the crust with parchment paper or foil and fill with pie weights or dried beans to prevent puffing or slumping. Bake until the edges of the crust are very lightly golden, 18 to 22 minutes.

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 ...

Picture a flaky, golden croissant. This treat earns its flaky texture from butter, which gets folded into the dough over and ...

From sticky dough to a soggy bottom, here are five common pie-making problems and how to fix them so your crust turns out ...

Even thickened juices can sog up a crust. If you are making a custard pie of any kind (like pumpkin!) please blind bake your ...

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 ...