Baking Basics: Substitutes, Rising Agents & Fixing Cakes

Mastering baking basics involves understanding rising agents and finding the right substitutes for butter or milk. Learn how to fix a crumbly cake, avoid soggy pizza dough, and ensure your baked goods rise perfectly every time.

Pastry case with bowl of pie filling and pureed pumpkin

How to Bake an Unbaked Pie Shell

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Cynthia Myers

Some pie recipes call for a prebaked pie shell. Custard pies or pies with pudding-type fillings, ice cream pies, or any pie that uses a filling that doesn't require baking in an oven, uses a crust that's baked ahead of time without the filling.