You ought to have all the tools in your pie baking toolbelt you can manage. Blind baking and par-baking are tools for making ...

Unless you’re a professional pastry chef, you probably make just a couple of pies a year — at most. As we head into peak ...

As the late writer Nora Ephron once said, “There’s no point in making pie crust from scratch ... We chose not to fill any of the crusts and baked them according to the par-bake package ...

Second, Pillsbury’s refrigerated pie crust is your new BFF ... It's easy to handle and quick to par-bake, and the instructions were straightforward and seemed accurate based on the results.

The store-bought pie crust of choice is available at most conventional grocery stores. As flaky and delicious as homemade pie ...

Pillsbury Pie Crusts, Deep Dish Though the crust looks thick and sturdy and there were no visible cracks when it went into the oven, it came out full of giant cracks. This one had the sweetest crust ...

The search for the perfect pie crust continues on. If you're making a pie with a custard or cream filling that doesn't need much (if any) oven time, you may need to blind bake the crust.