Here's one for your annoying pastry chef cousin: “I made the crust myself ... can fit it into your pie dish and proceed to Step 2. But, if you only have pre-fitted frozen shells to choose ...
Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight. If the pie recipe calls for a prebaked shell, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the chilled crust with foil pressed ...
And it can't thaw your frozen pie crust either. Instead of the crisp, fluffy crust of your dreams, a microwave will give you a spongy, soggy abomination with the structural integrity of wet tissue ...
The good news is that there are lots of options out there. Within a 15-minute radius of my house, I found nine different frozen and refrigerated pie crusts. Are they as good as homemade? I had to find ...