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Place the oats or oat bran, flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and stir to mix.
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Add the oil and just enough of the milk to form a stiff dough, stirring just until the mixture holds together and forms a ball.
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Coat two 12 inch x 12 inch pieces of waxed paper with nonstick cooking spray.
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Lay the dough on 1 of the sheets of waxed paper, and pat it into a 7-in.
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circle.
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Place the other sheet of paper over the circle of dough and, using a rolling pin, roll the dough into an 11-in.
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circle.
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Coat a 9 inch deep dish pie pan with nonstick cooking spray.
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Carefully peel the waxed paper from the crust and press the crust into the pie pan.
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Pinch the edges of the crust or press with the tines of a fork to make a decorative edge (As an alternative, you can also pat the crust into the pan.
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Pinch off pieces of dough and press them in a thin layer against the sides of the pan.
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Then fill in the bottom with the remaining dough).
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For a prebaked crust, prick the crust with a fork at 1-in.
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intervals, and bake at 400 degrees (200 C.) for about 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
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Allow the crust to cool to room temperature before filling.
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When a prebaked crust is not desired, simply fill and bake as directed in the pie recipe.
