substitute for baking beads

[mollykins]

What can i use to blind bake a pastry crust, if I haven't got baking beads?

[mollykins]

yuck, no honestly I need to abke this pastry for the meringue pie but we don't have baking beads.

[mollykins]

able*

[Greedyfly]

lol bet I can guess what the answer removed was!

[mollykins]

I saw it, who reported it?

[mccfluff]

use dried beans

slightly mroe sensible answer than my first :-) (but they would of worked unless they were plastic in which case....)

[chokkie]

I think you mean baking beans. I have got two boxes of special ceramic "baking beans", but always used to use a packet of dried beans, such as haricots ....

[redcrx]

rice

[hc4361]

Rice. Put a sheet of baking parchment or greaseproof paper over the pastry and put rice on top.
Rice grains, not rice pudding.

[mollykins]

We haven't got much rice left, how thick would you suggest piling the stuff? half a cm, a whole cm?

[merciasounds]

molly, just prick the base all over with a fork, and bake, when taking out of the oven, just press lightly all over with the back of a spoon

[Mamyalynne]

Coins, if you have (you won't) a jar of coppers put them on top of greaseproof paper.

[joeluke]

Greaseproof and dried peas

[hippyhoppy]

mum used to use macaroni on greaseproof paper... just something with a bit of weight would do...

[mollykins]

I used aduki beans, we'll never cook them I don't even know who got them.