Blind Baked Pie Crust

1. Make your pie crust dough.
2. Preheat your oven to 400°.
3. Roll out the pie dough with a rolling pin, and transfer dough to a pie pan.  
4. Flute the edges or decorate them however you like.
5. Refrigerate the prepared pie dough for at least one hour.  This step is crucial, as it prevents the dough from slipping down the sides of the pie pan.
6. Take the pie crust out of the refrigerator.
7. Line the crust with parchment paper, wax paper or foil.
8. Place pie weights or uncooked bean on top of the paper or foil.
9. Fill pie with the beans all the way to the top of the pie.    
10. Transfer the weighted crust to your preheated oven  and bake for 20 minutes.
11. Remove the crust from the oven and discard the paper or foil.
12. Let the crust cool for 5 minutes.
13. Poke holes in the bottom of the pie crust with a fork.
14. Put the crust back in the oven and bake until golden brown.

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