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Cooking & Baking

Arkansas Granny

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19. Reply #13 has a link to the program. They never said it was egg white,

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #17)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 07:23 PM

Oct 2019

but watching closely you could see him dip a white substance out of a bowl with a whisk in it. It looks like egg white beaten until they were like a loose meringue.

I'll be baking a few cream pies for Thanksgiving and plan to give it a try. If I do, I'll let you all know how it turns out.

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I have a pie pastry question. PBS is airing a show about pies. They showed one [View all] Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 OP

there is already fat in the dough Kali Oct 2019 #1

Not an egg wash. He spread it around with his hand, it was white and Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #3

interesting Kali Oct 2019 #4

Will be over for pie TEB Oct 2019 #6

Methinks it's egg wash. . .ie. beaten egg or egg white with water DinahMoeHum Oct 2019 #2

I think the show may be mindem Oct 2019 #5

It's a one hour show on Create channel, "A Few Good Pie Places". Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #7

if it was lard or shortening, that sounds AWFUL. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #8

It's egg white dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #9

I thought about that, but he applied it with his hand and it kept its shape. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #10

Perhaps he beat the egg white like one would for a meringue? WePurrsevere Oct 2019 #12

You are right. That's what it was. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #15

how did you find it out? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #17

Reply #13 has a link to the program. They never said it was egg white, Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #19

But the best part of the pie is the bottom dough soaked with the filling! dawg day Oct 2019 #11

Looks like a beaten egg white to me. Link to show on PBS... WePurrsevere Oct 2019 #13

Thanks. I had missed that part. It does look like a soft meringue. Arkansas Granny Oct 2019 #14

Why is the crust soggy? dem in texas Oct 2019 #16

in a restaurant, you cant have your pie falling apart. mopinko Oct 2019 #18