If you have started poking around at baking recipes, you might have found pie or even cheesecake recipes that tell you to blind bake your crust. Unfortunately, those recipes don't always explain what ...

Preheat the oven to 400˚F. Roll out the pie dough and place it in a pie plate. Decorate the edges as desired. Chill the unbaked pie crust until cold and firm, in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or in ...

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Depending on the type of pie you're making, blind baking may be a critical step in the baking process. When you blind-bake a crust, you essentially bake it without any filling, as this allows for the ...