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pie weights if you have them or beans. I keep a bag of dried beans (I think black-eyed peas) in my pantry and just reuse them as needed

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Jul 29 '20, 10:52

If you use beans make sure to put parchment paper down first or the beans will cook into the crust and that just sucks

you actually don't need to absolutely do this, but your crust may end up mushy if you skip this step

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Cover some pennies in aluminum foil. -- nm - kelly Jul 29, 11:09 1
- yup. I've also used some old forks I have for a full size pie crust -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:11
what about marbles? -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:05 3
- aren't marbles glass? I'm not sure if they are heavy enough and would they crack at high heat? -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:08 2
  - THey're heavier than beans. Don't know about cracking. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 11:17 1
    - googled. glass can crack above 300F so you might be tempting fate on a pre-bake which is usually at 350 -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:23
also, if you don't weigh them down during the pre-bake then crusts have a tendency to bubble and puff-up in the middle -- nm - decline Jul 29, 11:02 1
- this is what I thought the main issue would be -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:04
Eighth ounce lead sinkers. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 29, 11:02 1
- ironically I do have these, but ... not for baking. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 11:04

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pie weights if you have them or beans. I keep a bag of dried beans (I think black-eyed peas) in my pantry and just reuse them as needed

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