baking beans

noun

Small heat-resistant weights, usually ceramic or metal, used to hold pastry down during blind baking in order for it to not puff up or shrink.

Meanings

nounbaking beans pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlybakingSmall heat-resistant weights, usually ceramic or metal, used to hold pastry down during blind baking in order for it to not puff up or shrink.
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