TIPS FOR AVOIDING A SOGGY BOTTOM PIE CRUST

  • Bake the pie on a lower rack.
  • Preheat a cookie sheet on the rack to be used & place your pies on that for baking, letting it heat up along with the oven.
  • If your pie does not require a top crust, you can bake it blind for 8-10 minutes at 350 before adding your filling; be sure and cover fluted edges.
  • Make a thicker crust for the bottom layer.
  • Sprinkle a layer of bread or cereal crumbs over the bottom crust before filling with a fruit filling.
  • Brush the bottom crust with a barrier that will seal it. — a gel of cooked cornstarch and water.  One starch to three of water.
  • Most importantly, always preheat your oven and put the pie directly into the oven as soon as you fill it.