Flaky Pie Crust Wash

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Flaky Pie Crust Wash

Rice milk brushed onto fruit pie lattices to create a perfectly browned bakery crust.

Baking, Breads & Pastries · Holiday Pie Finishing · Bakery-Style Crust

What you need

Ingredients

  • 1 unbaked Pie Crust, lattice or full top
  • 2 tbsp Rice Milk
  • 1 tbsp Coarse Sugar, for sprinkling

Method

Instructions

  1. Assemble your pie with its lattice or full top crust as usual.
  2. Brush the entire top crust generously with rice milk using a pastry brush.
  3. Sprinkle evenly with coarse sugar.
  4. Bake according to your pie recipe's instructions.
  5. The crust will emerge from the oven with a deep, glossy, bakery-style golden-brown finish.

From The Arrogant Hippie Culinary Journal: Rice Milk Edition by Aunesty Janssen

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