No, blind baking isn't a party trick where you bake a cake with your eyes covered. It's actually an important step on the ...

How do you do it? Let's get into it! Blind baking (sometimes called prebaking) means partially or fully baking a pie or tart ...

Even thickened juices can sog up a crust. If you are making a custard pie of any kind (like pumpkin!) please blind bake your crust, this is the only way for the bottom crust to be crisp.

And for pies with fruit filling, I like to chill the whole pie once the filling has been added until the crust is firm and ...