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How and When to Dock a Pie Crust

Though you may sometimes be tempted, docking a pie crust has nothing to do with chucking it off the end of a pier! Like using pie weights, this is another method used when pre-baking a pie crust and i...

Pie Weights: What They Are and When To Use Them

Pie weights are small ceramic or metal balls that you use when "blind" baking a pie crust. What is blind baking? Do you have to do it? And do you need special, ceramic balls? We've got some answers......