Pyrex Easy Grab 9.5" Glass Pie Plate, 2 Pack

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Never try to reuse broken Pyrex glassware, even if the majority of the dish is intact. Dangers to Avoid When Cooking With Pyrex Donna Currie has written for The Spruce Eats since 2016. A seasoned recipe writer and gadget tester, she also wrote the cookbook Make Ahead Bread. How well the pans distribute heat, especially when baking custard pies, evenly cooking the filling from the center to the edge without over or under-baking the filling. When Pyrex glassware is exposed to radiant heat, like that of a heating oven, the side of the glassware closest to the heat source grows hot while the inside and other parts further away from the heat source remain cool.

Once the pie dough is resting on the pie pan, you begin shaping it by smoothing the dough across the bottom surface of the pan and then fitting the dough into the crease of the pan. Next, you'll press the dough against the sides of the dish, allowing any extra dough to hang over the lip. Trim the dough about half an inch past the lip of the dish, and crimp the edge of your pie crust as you like. Pyrex® glassware is designed to be as versatile as it is long lasting. You can use it to prepare, store, cook, bake, warm or reheat food—in pre-heated conventional and convection ovens, or in microwaves. And cleanup is easy – just place your Pyrex® glassware in the dishwasher. As with any glass product, there are a few common-sense precautions to keep in mind for your safety when using Pyrex® glassware. Your safety is important to us, so please read the guidance below.If you don’t use Pyrex® glassware in a way that is consistent with this guidance, it could break and cause injury. A deep-dish pie pan can be anywhere from 1.5 inches to 2 inches deep. The depth of the pie dish is typically related to the diameter, with larger 10-inch pie dishes having a deeper measurement and an 8- or 9-inch pie dish having a slightly shallower measurement.

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Craft pie perfection with two versatile, high-performance glass pie plates that deliver the perfect upgrade to your beloved baked classics. Choose the Easy Grab® Pie Plate for traditional favorites, from sweet to savory pies, quiches and more. The large, fluted edge enhances your grip for easier lifting, and doubles as a guide for beautiful, fluted crusts. Our Deep Pie Plate is 60% deeper* with wide handles, perfect when your recipe calls for more layers, and easily moves from oven to table. Tempered Pyrex® glass can go directly into a preheated oven, heating evenly for consistent results. Also perfect for no-bake and freezer pies. Yes, you can use a pie pan to bake a cake, but you should be aware that pie pans typically have angled sides and cake pans have straight sides. Because of this difference, if you're making a layered cake, the edges of the cake will be harder to frost. The cakes can be trimmed to get rid of the angled edges but may still be difficult to frost. Generally, cake pans should be used for baking cakes, but in a pinch, a pie pan will do if you aren't interested in how good the final product looks.

Before cooking items that may release liquid (including fat, food juices, or moisture from frozen foods) in your Pyrex® glassware, add a small amount of liquid to cover the bottom of the dish before you put it in the oven. This serves to minimize any potential sudden temperature change that may occur as the food releases liquid. Once a Pyrex® dish is already hot, do not add liquid to it (for example, by basting with liquid not already in the dish). Adding liquid to hot glass may compromise the product’s strength, potentially resulting in breakage. Glazed in six different cool tones and finished with attractive fluted edges, these pro-grade porcelain pie plates retain heat for even baking. If the blue tones don't match your kitchen's aesthetic, the set is also available in white. We baked both mini pumpkin pies and apple pies in the pans and found that the crusts cooked just as evenly as the pies we made in full-sized pie plates. It took just as long to par-bake shells in these plates as it does in regular-sized pie plates, but it took slightly less time to bake the filled pies. The pumpkin pie took around seven minutes less than a full-sized version, while the apple pie was about 10 minutes less. Pies baked in metal pie pans usually cook faster than in ceramic and glass pans. Because metal conducts heat faster, the outside of the pie is likely to cook faster than the inside of the pie, which is most noticeable when cooking custard pies. The crust is also likely to brown faster in a metal pie pan, sometimes requiring you to cover the rim of the crust with foil when baking especially large pies, like apple pie, that take longer to bake. Pies baked in ceramic and glass plates tend to cook uniformly across the pie, since the pie plate provides more insulation than metal and heats up at the same speed as the pie filling. Pies may take anywhere from a few more minutes to half an hour longer to cook all the way through compared to metal plates.It’s important to note that Pyrex glassware is preheated oven-safe, which means it’s oven-safe, but only if the oven is preheated before inserting the glassware. I explain why this is so important in the next section.

We measured the diameter of each pan from the inner edge of the rim and found that the Lindy's pan isn't a true 9-inch pan, but comes close at 8.5 inches. You'll want to keep that in mind when making pies, as you'll probably use slightly less filling than a recipe calls for. It produced a perfectly par-baked shell in less than 25 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The custard pie that we baked came out smooth and creamy without overcooking, scrambling, or uneven browning. Unfortunately, cutting slices of pie directly in the pan can leave marks on the bottom of the pan, but it doesn't detract from its overall functionality.

Always preheat your oven before placing your Pyrex® dish inside it. While the glass is designed for temperatures typically used in baking, it can break when exposed to the direct heat element while the oven is preheating. How thoroughly the crusts cooked in each pan during pre-baking, as well as completely raw double-crust pies. We judged doneness based on the final crust color, crispness after the pie cooled completely, and how well the crusts sliced and released from the pans. Additionally, we noted if the crusts cooked at the same rate as the fillings, or if either needed additional time. If you bake pies to give to others or take to events regularly, it might be worth it to buy a handful. They're sturdier and more attractive than disposable pie pans while still being lightweight, but you haven't lost much of an investment if the pan doesn't get returned to you later on. Any special features that set the pan apart, including handles, lids, size, transparency, or aesthetic design.

Do not use Pyrex® glassware on the stovetop (open flame, electric burner), under the broiler, in a toaster oven, or on a barbecue grill. This type of usage exposes Pyrex® glassware to potentially damaging direct heat sources. Most pie pans are 9 or 10 inches in diameter, but there are also models in between, which is a good compromise for any standard-size pie. A 2-inch-deep pie plate works best for double-crust pies and single-crust pies with a generous filling. A 1.5-inch-deep pie plate can be used both for double-crust and single-crust pies.

Never expose hot glassware to cool water or a cold surface, and don’t take it straight from the fridge to the oven. Cast iron might not be the very first thing that comes to mind when considering which pie pan to buy, but it's an option that we found to be worthy. As you might expect from a cast iron pie pan, the style is more rustic, although the gently wavy top edge is a nice touch that makes it feel like it's intended for baking delicate things. Since it's cast iron, it's also a little heavier than other pie pans, weighing a little over 3.5 pounds. But considering several of the other pie plates on this list weigh nearly 3 pounds, we were a little surprised that this option wasn't much heavier.