Convection Microwave Oven Cookbook

Pie Shell. Use mix, frozen pie dough or your recipe for single

crust pie. Prick crust with fork. Preheat oven to 400˚F. Place

pie shell on low rack; bake with convection heat 8 to 10 min

utes or until lightly browned. Cool and ﬁll.

Double Crust or Crumb Top Pies. Preheat pie as you would

for conventional baking; make slits in top of two crust pie.

Preheat oven to 375˚F. Place pie on low rack. Bake double

crust or lattice pies 25 to 35 minutes on *HIGH MIX, 375˚F.;

crumb top pies 20 to 25 minutes on *HIGH MIX, 375˚F.

(*Necessary to change temperature on HIGH MIX).

Custard Pies. Prebake and cool pie shell as directed on the

left. Fill with uncooked custard. Without preheating, bake

pie on round baking pan placed on low rack for 30 to 35 min-

utes on LOW MIX. If custard is not set, let stand in oven a

few minutes to complete cooking.

Frozen Prepared Custard-Type Pies. Preheat oven to tem

perature listed on package. Place pie on low rack. Bake three-

fourths of package time using LOW MIX set at the package

temperature. If ﬁlling is not set, let stand in oven to complete

cooking.

Frozen Prepared Fruit Pies. Do not preheat oven. Bake on

low rack. Use *HIGH MIX, 350˚F. Bake 8-inch, 35 minutes;

9-inch, 40 to 45 minutes. (*Necessary to change temperature

on HIGH MIX).

Pie Techniques