If you're making holiday pumpkin pies and out of pie weights, this Pie Weights Substitute Guide is what you need to nail blind baking! From rice to beans and corn kernels there are a variety of ways that you can easily make the perfect pie crust without any fancy equipment.
When using any pie weights substitutes, how you use them is exactly the same as using commercial store-bought pie weights. You always want to lay a piece of parchment paper or aluminum foil over the dough first and then add the weights. This prevents the weights from sticking to the dough or worse yet embedding themselves into the crust.