It all starts with the pie pan. Choose a glass pie plate or metal pie plate with a dull finish (vintage pie pans are a great option). Glass heats up gradually and allows your crust to bake evenly.

Pies are a perennial kind of dish. Whether it's the heart of summer or frosty fall, pies are welcome for any reason in any season. Besides not containing enough filling, a pie's biggest downfall can ...

As a baker, seeing how your fruit pie turned out can be such a gut-wrenching moment. It's so disappointing to cut into a beautifully baked fruit pie just for the bottom to be a soggy mess. It's even ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Baking a pie or tart is theoretically simple—filling goes in the crust, bake, and eat. But the devil is in the details, as they say, and one part of ...

A thin layer of crushed graham crackers under fruit filling keeps the pie crust from getting soggy. Graham crackers soak up juices, thicken the filling and add a warm, sweet flavor to every bite. This ...