From Carroll Pellegrinelli,
Your Guide to Desserts / Baking.
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• For a Flaky Crust:
  Make you pie crust with ice water.

• To Prevent a Soggy Bottom Crust:
  
  1. Never Bake a Pie on a Rainy Day.
  2. Pre-bake the crust. Prick the bottom of the crust with a fork. Place in a 425 degree oven on the lowest rack for 5 or so minutes. Move the crust up to the middle rack and bake for another 6 to 7 minutes. Pust the center down with a fork if necessary or use pie weights*. If the edges of the crust become brown, cover edges with foil. After cooking the whole pie, cool on a wire rack.

• To Prevent a Tough Crust:
  Don't over handle the dough.

• For a Nice Glaze on Your Crust:
  Brust with either egg whites, yolks or milk.

• To Patch Tears in Unbaked Crust:
  Brush pie shell with water and then gently apply scraps of rolled dough.

• To Stop Pies from Leaking Through the Bottom Crust:
  Sprinkle sugar on bottom of pie or brush with slightly beaten raw egg.

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