Flour or corn starch for thickening pie filling?

Posted by: Kdakich
May 9, 2018

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HalfPintMay 9, 2018

I think it is going to depend on the pie that you want to make. Here's a nice guide to the various thickeners:
https://www.thekitchn.com...

And King Arthur Flour (my baking bible) did some testing (with great pictures!) on fruit pie fillings and some of it is eye-opening: https://blog.kingarthurflour...

NancyMay 10, 2018

Useful info in kitchn link, thanks.

SmaugMay 9, 2018

...or, no doubt, potato starch, corn meal or any other sort of starch. I use flour for apple pie because that's the way I learned it from my mother and cornstarch for berries and cherries because I always have it, but I don't see it as much of an issue.

NancyMay 9, 2018

Or arrowroot

zippy365May 9, 2018

You can also use tapioca

BerryBabyMay 10, 2018

I use tapioca as well. Thickens without flavor.

Emma L.May 9, 2018

People use either but I prefer corn starch.

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