How To Blind Bake a Pie Crust

Some pie fillings don' require baking, but the crust certainly does, and it's a simple technique to blind bake a pastry crust!

Whenever I make pie, I think of Grandma Mary, my mother’s mother. Pies have always been a big thing in our family and I remember when Grandma taught me how to make my first pie dough. I was 16 and my parents had gone on vacation, a very rare occurrence, I can assure you.

We set up on the table in the breakfast nook, put all the ingredients together, gently brought the dough together and rolled it out. I think this is the only cooking experience I ever had with her, which I now regret considering the repertoire of recipes she had in her head! I didn’t realize until it was too late the importance of learning about food and recipes from family members, including my Mother-in-Law who passed away very early in our marriage. Her sisters and daughter didn’t know her secrets either.

Cherish your memories of cooking with family and remember to write down traditional recipes, even if you need to measure as you go along because they don’t!