How to Blind Bake a Pie Crust
photo by duonyte
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
1 Pie crust
ingredients
- pie crust, dough
- dried beans (or pie weights) or raw rice (or pie weights)
- parchment paper
directions
- Roll out your pie dough, place in pan, trim or crimp edges. If you need a recipe, type "Pie dough" into the search window for recommendations.
- Place a piece of parchment paper or an opened up round coffee filter in the bottom of the pie.
- Pour in the pie weights, dried beans or raw rice to fill the pan up about half way. Chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes (this helps prevent shrinkage).
- Preheat oven at 375 deg F.
- Bake for 20 min., remove from oven.
- Remove the paper and the weights. Save the weights for next time - the rice or beans should not be cooked.
- If you need a partially baked crust (if the filling is going to be baked in the crust), check that the bottom is dry and flaky, but still pale. If it looks moist, return to the oven for a few more minutes.
- If you need a fully baked crust, as for a cream pie, prick the bottom with a fork, and return to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!