How to Keep Pie Crust From Shrinking (7 Steps)

One of the many problems associated with baking a pie is finding that your pie crust shrank during the prebaking process. This leaves you with too much filling and an unattractive pie. The solution is simple and requires just a little extra effort during the preparation and prebaking process: Many cooks swear by an easy trick of adding beans, beads, loose coins or some other weight to the pie before prebaking (or blind baking) it. This trick keeps the crust from shrinking or bubbling up in the oven.

Things You'll Need

Unused coffee filter

Dried beans

Instructions

Roll out your pie crust to the necessary size.
Place the pie crust in the pie pan.
Line the crust with a coffee filter or piece of parchment paper, and flatten it to fit the pie.
Fill the crust loosely with dried beans to help hold the shape. Don't press the beans into the crust.
Refrigerate at least one hour.
Remove the coffee filter.
Bake as directed.

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