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 ...

From stodgy dough to soggy bottoms, there are plenty of common pie crust mistakes and pitfalls lying in wait for the uninitiated. One of the most common stumbling blocks? Blind baking. Blind ...

Blind baking option 2: Heat your oven to 375°F, then place a second pie tin (aluminum works well for this “sandwich” method) ...

As you peek around that list or peruse other pie recipes, including family heirlooms, you might notice a couple terms in the directions regarding that crust: blind bake and par-bake. These terms ...

To prevent that from happening, pumpkin pie crusts, whether air-fried or not, should get a blind bake before you add the filling. Blind baking is the whole reason you can make this pie in the air ...

With this single-crust pie you’ll do a blind bake — meaning bake the dough in the pie plate without the filling — so that it forms a sturdy crust. You’ll also pre-cook the apple filling on ...