for Cris - the pennies would be on parchment. Copper is an excellent conductor of heat. I love the idea - I HATE the idea of using beans or something else edible that cannot be cooked after using as a pie weight, and I am too cheap to buy pie weights. But pennies sound great to me! I'll bet if I ran them through the dishwasher in a mesh bag they would be a lot cleaner, too. Thanks, PJ!

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