"Dawn" > wrote in message
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> I'm baking pumpkin pies at the moment for our Thanksgiving dinner, which
> is tomorrow. (we always do it early for convenience) My crust is going to
> burn and I've accepted that, there's nothing I can do about it now. The
> problem is...I'm completely out of aluminum foil. So I have nothing to put
> around the edge of the crust to prevent burning. Is there anything else
> that can be done about this? You know, just in case I'm a bonehead and
> forget to buy aluminum foil again...

Make sure you bake the pies on the lowest position in the oven. If they are
close to the top, there is too much "top heat" and the crust tends to burn.
I can't recall having any pie crust burn. Do you put a lot of sugar in the
pastry or use a wash on it?