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PSA: do not walk away from a blind bake just to grab your phone, I lost 2 pie shells that way
So last Saturday I was making a chocolate cream pie for my wife's birthday dinner and I got to the part where you blind bake the crust with the weights in it. I set the timer for 20 minutes, put the pan in at 375, and then my phone buzzed in the other room. I told myself I would just check one text and come right back. Well one text turned into scrolling for like 8 minutes straight and by the time I smelled something off the crust was black around the edges. Not just a little dark either, fully burnt, and the smoke alarm actually went off which my 6 year old thought was hilarious. I tried to save it by scraping the burnt parts with a microplane but the whole shell was ruined so I had to start over from scratch. Second attempt I actually did the smart thing and just stared at it through the oven door for the entire bake and it came out perfect and golden. Lesson learned the hard way, that timer is not a suggestion, it is a countdown to disaster. Has anyone else lost a bake to their phone, and did you find a method that actually keeps you from wandering off?
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