Should the filling be pre-cooked? for example if you want to bake an apple pie, can you fill your pie with uncooked apples, like oven baked ones?
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I purchased this as a gift so haven't used it personally. However to your question; depending on the type of apple I would imagine 90% of the time the filling should be pre-cooked or at least partially cooked. How long does the pie need cooking for and at what temperature? If you let me know I can probably answer more precisely! :)
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For best results using the BPI640XL Personal Pie™ fillings should be cooked and cooled before adding to the pastry base. The cooking time for the pies is not sufficient to cook raw meat fillings or soften fresh fruit or vegetable fillings. Spoon cooled, pre-cooked filling into the pastry base. As a general rule, use ½ cup of filling per pie. Do not overfill your pies.
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You can use the same filling you would in a normal pie though cut the apple pieces smaller
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It is advisable to briefly precook the apples according to a recipe I used. It takes such a short time to use the appliance that the filling would not be done otherwise
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It depends. Apples and other fruit fillings do need to be pre-cooked. Quiche mixtures and batters for desserts do not.
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Nope you have to use cooked filling. Because the pastry bakes in 6-8 minutes. Happy baking!
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I have never tried to cook a pizza in our oven. I don't know why it would not be able to, as long as it fits. We love our oven and use it at least once a month. No problem yet.
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Yes, lower to recipe instructions. You should pre-heat the oven for at least 1 hour prior to baking so that the temperature is accurate. It makes a difference having the stone in the oven.
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Hey Joan, anything that can be cooked in an oven can go into this if it fits. Because this cooks differently than conventional methods I would still want to keep an eye on it as it cooks. What I mean is, whatever you try you may have to tweak the cook time or temp each time until you get the hang of it. I cooked a frozen 3 1/2 lb chuck roast in just over an hour and it looked great, however when I cut it in half to check the doneness it was still medium rare. I cut it in thirds and another 10 minutes and it was perfect. Next time I'll know. Also, I cook everything with the extender ring installed. Hope that helps. Hey Joan, anything that can be cooked in an oven can go into this if it fits. Because this cooks differently than conventional methods I would still want to keep an eye on it as it cooks. What I mean is, whatever you try you may have to tweak the cook time or temp each time until you get the hang of it. I cooked a frozen 3 1/2 lb chuck roast in just over an hour and it looked great, however when I cut it in half to check the doneness it was still medium rare. I cut it in thirds and another 10 minutes and it was perfect. Next time I'll know. Also, I cook everything with the extender ring... » Read More Hey Joan, anything that can be cooked in an oven can go into this if it fits. Because this cooks differently than conventional methods I would still want to keep an eye on it as it cooks. What I mean is, whatever you try you may have to tweak the cook time or temp each time until you get the hang of it. I cooked a frozen 3 1/2 lb chuck roast in just over an hour and it looked great, however when I cut it in half to check the doneness it was still medium rare. I cut it in thirds and another 10 minutes and it was perfect. Next time I'll know. Also, I cook everything with the extender ring installed. Hope that helps. « Show Less
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No, it is not necessary to run the oven prior to using it the first time. To get the most from your oven I would, however, strongly suggest that you get the instruction book from the supplier. It contains info on how to place the rack and pan for various functions. I still refer to the quick start guide when changing functions. The manual may be available to print online. It also contains some recipes.
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You can but you will need to take it out of the plastic container that it comes in and put it in a pie tin or a glass container and then cook it
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Yes! I do it all the time. I like the "layering" method: chopped up fresh or frozen fruit (like 1 med apple), then dry oats (1/2 cup, I use regular old fashioned), then any add ins like raisins, salt, sugar, cinnamon, (to taste) pour water over the top (1 cup) - no stirring! Just leave it like that. It never burns, but can dry out depending on the time. I like to use an old analog plug timer so it turns on about 4 hours before I get up. Seems to be perfect!
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Nichole, the answer is yes. I've been using mine in both my large oven and in my toaster oven to great results! One thought on use though is that since small-ish things are hard to manipulate in and out of the oven when hot, I've been placing mine on baking sheets....even in the toaster oven. In doing so, if you want super-crisp pie crusts, then you need to bump up the temp just a little bit. However the draw-back here is that at high temps in the toaster oven the broiler element goes on (...at least in mine...) and you have to protect your top crust edges so they don't burn. All said....I love my little pie dishes! They are perfect for individual pies....easy enough for me to make little ones for holiday baking than big pies.....and no messy slicing!
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I'm guessing you don't mean pizza pie. For Apple pie in a pinch it will work just don't over mix. But I recomend pastry flour because it has a lower protein count. Hope that helps.
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Yes, but I find that this is unnecessary. Cook your fruit first for best results. I've done tomatoes and apples.
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Yes absolutely, you can also bake a pie from frozen state in about 30 min. You will probably have to play with time and temp but it gets easier every time you use it. I love it, so handy.
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Hi, These are already baked, all you have to do is add filling. Thanks, Joe
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Yes, these are unsalted and unroasted. I roast them in the oven at 300 deg. for about 15 min. Watch carefully so they don't burn.
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you always have to preheat the stone before baking .You don't need a rack to take it in and out of the oven but it needs to cool first
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I baked some without any problem. Because they hold such a small amount, you don't have to leave them in the oven long to cook the filling, so there is little chance of burning them.
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I haven't bake those but my father has and he says it has came out wonderful! He has cooked cookies also. :) Hope this helped
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No, it's for pies that use an upper & lower crust. Fruit or savory type pies. You close the lid for cooking so it would make a mess and probably not cook properly at all without an upper crust.