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Pie Crust Blind Bake

The pie can then be placed back in the oven for the filling to bake.

Pie crust blind bake. Put the pie plate on the preheated baking sheet and reduce the oven temp to 400 bake until the edges of the crust are starting to turn golden and the bottom of the crust has lost its translucent raw look 10 to 12 minutes carefully pull up the edge of the foil to take a peek. With a custard pie like a pumpkin pie the moisture in the filling can make the crust soggy before it has time to actually bake. Or the baked crust can be filled with cooked filling the whole left to cool and set.

What does it mean to blind bake a pie crust. Homemade crusts especially have a high fat content. Make the pie dough.

With an unbaked filling like with a french silk pie blind baking just makes sure the crust is fully baked before you add the filling. On a floured work surface roll out one of the disks of chilled dough keep the other one in the refrigerator turn the dough about a quarter turn after every few rolls until you have a circle 12 inches in diameter. Pre baking a homemade crust is an entirely different matter as homemade crusts can have twice as much dough and a higher proportion of fat than store bought crusts.

Remove the baking sheet and pie pan from the oven. Watch the video above to see how i work through each of the following steps. How to blind bake a homemade crust.

Prepare my pie crust recipe through step 5. Roll out the chilled pie dough.

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