For many years, my grandma, my mom, and I bake our friut pies in a large brown paper grocery bag for no mess, perfectly browned pie crust. I never see anyone famous do this on a cooking she, nor do I ever see it as a great hint for no fool crust on pies. Simply open the bag, place it on a half pan cookie sheet, place the pie inside, pulling out the sides so the pie isn't touching the bag, fold the opening and staple it closed. Place pie, bag and pan on lowest rack of the oven and bake at 400 degrees F. for one hour and fifteen minutes. Remove from oven, place on cooling rack and carefully open the bag from the top with kitchen sheers. I always take the pie out of the bag and put it on a cooling rack until cool. Sometimes I make a pie that is too full, so the bag catches anything that boils over. That's a good thing!

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