Serves: 5
* Read through the entire recipe before you start, taking note of what ingredients and equipment you will need, and how much preparation and cooking time is necessary.
* Use the best ingredients for the best results. Fresh ingredients will help ensure that your final product is a success.
* Clean equipment and work surfaces as you go, to reduce clutter and final cleanup.
* Preheat your oven for 15 minutes before baking.
* Invest in an oven thermometer to monitor the accuracy of your oven's temperature.
* Carefully space pans in the oven, placing single pans in the center rack. When using more than one pan, make sure that there are 2 inches of space around each pan in every direction.
PIE BAKING
* Use dark metal, dull-finish aluminum or glass pie pans, since shiny pie pans can cause a pie to have a soggy bottom. When using glass pans, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees, as the pan will tend to hold heat.
* Don't stretch pie crusts as you place them in the pan. Stretching will cause the crust to shrink during baking.
* Brushing the top of a pie crust with 1 beaten egg white or cold milk will give it a light sheen brushing the crust with 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tablespoon water or whipping cream will make a glossy, golden dark brown crust. A mixture of 2 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar will produce a crisp, sweet crust. Plain water will produce a crisp crust, too.
* Don't brush glaze on the crimped edges of a pie crust until the last 10 minutes of baking, or the edges might get too dark.
From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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