How long does the tin foil need to be around the crust when baking?
Pumpkin pie, how long does tin foil need to be around the pie while baking
aluminum-foil
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Best Answer
It helps if you think about the reason the foil is used in the first place:
If a pie filling needs a certain time to set or bake, the crust might brown too much or even burn. The foil partially shields the crust from the oven heat.
How pronounced the “crust getting too dark before filling is done effect” really is depends on the recipe (combination of type of filling and type of crust) and the oven temperature. The characteristics of your oven are also to be considered. So giving you a formula is not effective and may even be plain wrong.
What you should do is:
I encourage you to start baking without the foil and add it according to visual clues. If you have enough experience with a specific recipe and know quite precisely how long to bake with or without foil, you can also shield first and remove the foil later, if you really want to.