Name: Mock Apple Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Pastry for two crust 9-inch pie; 36 Ritz crackers; 2 cups water; Butter; 2 cups granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Grated rind of 1 lemon; Cinnamon

Mock Apple Pie

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Our Mother made this Mock Apple Pie when we were growing up in the 1940s and 50s. You would swear that there are apples in the pie!

Author: Margaret Marie Roth
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 8
Category: Dessert
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Pastry for two crust 9-inch pie

36 Ritz crackers

2 cups water

Butter

2 cups granulated sugar

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Grated rind of 1 lemon

Cinnamon

Instructions

Roll out bottom crust of pastry and fit into 9-inch pie plate. Break Ritz crackers coarsely into pastry-lined plate.
Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar in saucepan; boil gently for 15 minutes.
Add lemon juice and rind. Let cool.
Pour syrup over crackers; dot generously with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with top lattice or full crust. If using a full crust, make decorative cuts in the top. Trim and flute edges together.
Bake at 425 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden.
Serve warm.

Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/mock-apple-pie/