Thank you for all of this information, Shirley. I'm printing off your reply to place in my cookbook for future reference. I've only ever heard of the microwaving technique before from someone who made her pies with store-bought crust and canned pie filling. I had no idea it was good to use with from-scratch recipes too. I sure wish your reply also included hints for dealing with home-frozen unbaked fruit pies as that is what I normally do with the bounty of wonderful apples available in autumn.

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