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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
- Assemble your pie with its lattice or full top crust as usual.
- Brush the entire top crust generously with rice milk using a pastry brush.
- Sprinkle evenly with coarse sugar.
- Bake according to your pie recipe's instructions.
- 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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