Pie weights are used to keep a pie crust from bubbling and shrinking away from the edge of the pie plate or tart pan when you re blind baking a fancy term for prebaking a crust.
Can you use marbles for pie crust cha8n.
Make sure that you wash the marbles and river rocks before using them.
It s a useful addition to baking accessories.
But you can t simply line a pie pan with crust and bake it.
If you re blind baking and don t have pie weights try using.
These will ensure that the pie gets heated evenly.
You must pre bake the bottom crust of a custard pie but this is a tricky step in the pie making process.
Using a 2 1 2 inch round cutter cut out circles from pie.
Whether using frozen pie crust or perfecting homemade pie crust from scratch it weighs down the bottom of the pie dough to help reduce shrinking and keep bubbles from forming.
Measuring 6 feet long it works for various pie sizes from 6 inches up to 12 inches.
If you did that the crust would bubble blister and puff up or shrink making it impossible to use.
Although we have suggested that you use aluminum foil along with one of the substitutes it is best if you could use parchment paper or butter paper instead as foil may cause the crust to be soggy.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
Set parchment paper or foil on top of the dough then fill er up with dried beans.
If you don t own pie weights there are plenty of things in your pantry that you can use instead.
If you prefer not to use vegetable shortening try our all butter pie crust butter along with its.
1 store bought pie crust your favorite chicken pot pie filling recipe.
You can find both for around 10 to 15.
The key to blind baking is you need to weigh the crust down with something to hold it flat.
Without the presence of filling the crust can slump down into the plate as it bakes.
Now you won t want to eat the beans after baking them they take on a funny flavor or so we ve heard but you can re use them in blind baking pie crusts.