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How to Blind Bake Pie Crust

amiraspantry.com · 2023 · 1 9 inch pie

Against 179 pie crust recipes

More water than 94% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical crust: the median of 179 pie crust recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More water than 94% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 30%.
  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Fat: 70%, 66th percentileWater: 47%, 95th percentileSalt: 1%, 26th percentileSugar: 1.3%, 51st percentileFatWaterSaltSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour≈ 156 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 2.1 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 5 Tablespoons butter (Chilled and cubed.)≈ 71 g
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable shortening (Chilled and cubed.)≈ 38 g
  • 4-6 Tablespoons iced water≈ 74 g

flour 156 gbatter 343 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 179 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Fat70% · 66th percentile
  • Water47% · 95th percentile
  • Salt1% · 26th percentile
  • Sugar1.3% · 51st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 390°F
Time
50 minutes
median 20 minutes

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