Baking a rolled pastry crust in a glass pie dish?

Question

I bought a 9" glass pie pan made by Pyrex because I want to try my hand at making a homemade, from scratch, pie. Do I need to adjust the oven temperature accordingly? Or should I go out and buy a metal pie pan instead?

Answer 1

Personally, I only use a glass pie dish for recipes that call for pre-baking the crust as I have sometimes had "soggy" crusts when baking in a "raw" dough. Be sure to prick the crust all over (once it's in the pan) and add pie weights to the bottom.

For recipes that call for baking the pie in a raw dough, I prefer to use an earthenware dish. They conduct heat much more thoroughly and I have had much better luck with this type of dish & raw dough.

Personally, I don't use metal pie plates. I don't like the "tinny" taste that can come from them and knives will scratch the surface when I'm cutting the pie.

Answer 2

I use glass pie plates all the time. It takes a little bit higher heat and perhaps a bit longer. Be sure to prick when pre-baking crust.

Answer 3

ive always had bad luck with glass pie pan's, the crust almost always comes out raw in the center, but if you pre-bake the crust before you fill it, you should have no problem.

Answer 4

no youll be fine using the glass one and i personally think they cook much better then a metal one.IT may not turn out the way you want the first time all ovens are different and cook different it may take a few times to get the oven to cook exactly how you want it to.go by the exact directions adjust accordingly have fun and have a bite for me.

Answer 5

It shouldn't matter what you use to cook it in. The glass one will be better anyway. Just use some butter to grease it of course beforehand.