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baking beads-marbles?
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Hi there, I am not exactly a domestic goddess but really want to have a go at making an apple pie some recipes say I need baking beads I don't have any of those however my son has lots of marbles, do you think I can use those instead, sorry if this sounds like a stupid question as I say I am no Nigella !:rolleyes:
thanks lyns
Don't see why not
Put a sheet of greaseproof into the pastry before adding the "beans" or they may stick 
I'll add this to the existing thread on alternatives to baking beans later.
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
zippychick wrote: »Heres a thread about them . Seems you can use many different grains and pasta etc
I have a tub of red lentils that I started using years ago and keep re-using - I just wouldn't recommend trying to eat them now :rolleyes:Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re probably right ~ Henry Ford0 -
My grandma had a jar of dried peas she kept for this purpose...
I wouldn't use marbles TBH because they are so big. I use ceramic baking beans and just reuse them.Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
I just use a couple of tea spoons.Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:
Oscar Wilde0 -
After I'd forked out for baking beads from Lakeland I read a tip about using a (clean!) dog lead - metal so conducts the heat well and super easy and quick to coil up. Not having a dog I don't know how a new lead compares to the beans price wise, but if I hadn't already ordered something for blind baking I would have looked into it.
Can't remember for the life of me where I read the tip though.0
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