OVERFLOWING PIE

You have just made the perfect pie, you get it into the oven and set the timer. After a while, you start smelling something burning. This is not good… You go to the oven and you see that the pie is bubbling over the rim and falling onto the floor of the oven burning with glee.

To prevent this from happening, grab a pizza pan or a baking sheet larger than your pie plate. When you place your pie in the oven, place it on the top rack as close to the center of the oven as you can. (Most ovens come with 2 racks) Place the second rack just below the rack that your pie is sitting on. Place the pizza pan/cookie sheet under your pie on the second rack.

If you only have a single rack in your oven place the pie plate directly on the pizza pan/cookie sheet. The advantage to having the pizza pan/cookie sheet on the lower rack is you will not drag your fingers through hot pie filling that has spilled when you are removing the pie from the oven.