Oh pshaw, on Wed 21 Nov 2007 12:07:53p, Jason Tinling meant to say...

> On Nov 21, 8:51 am, Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> I love enjoying the early Thanksgiving morning solitude baking pies. I
>> don't want soggy crusts from baking pies earlier than TG day itself, and
>> while the pies bake I'm prepping the bird and stuffing/dressing to go
>> into the oven as soon as the pies are done. A big mug of hot tea and
>> perhaps some softly playing music (so as to not wake the house) and I'm
>> a seriously happy camper. I mean cook!
>
>
> I spread an ounce or so of melted semi-sweet chocolate in the bottom
> of my pumpkin pie crusts...seeing if it can be an effective soggy
> crust preventer. And if it can't, it's chocolate!
>

One thing I've tried that works, is brusing the uncooked pastry with
slightly beaten eggwhite, allowing it to dry, then prebaking the crust for
about 15 minutes. Allow to cool before filling and baking.

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