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Fly4CAP wrote on 06 Jun 2005 in rec.food.baking

> Practice has finally produced a flavorful and flaky pie
> crust, but
> I still have one remaining problem: the top crust tents and sets
> during baking. The filling (basic apple) expands, taking the
> crust up with it, but it contracts as it cools, leaving a void
> between the filling and top crust and making for a difficult cut.
> Any suggstions on how to prevent this?
>
>



Pre-cook the filling. this does away with the fruit expansion problem.


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