Pie weights are typically small, somewhat heavy objects that are used to weigh down a pie or tart crust with it is being blind baked – the process of prebaking a pie crust before adding a filling to it - to prevent the crust from pulling away from …
How to Use Rice as a Pie Weight
The crust is the foundation of most pie recipes and many of those recipes call for the crusts to be blind baked. Blind baking is when you partially bake (or sometimes fully bake) the crust before adding the filling, which helps ensure that the finished pie and crust combination …
