Mock apple pie

Mock apple pie

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 2 c
• cinnamon - 1 item
• butter or margarine - 1 item
• water - 2 c
• cream of tartar - 2 tsp
• lemon juice - 2 Tbsp
• Ritz crackers - 36 item
• grated rind of 1 lemon
• pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie

How to make mock apple pie:

Fit pastry into pie plate. Break 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. Cool. Pour syrup over crackers. Dot generously with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with top crust. Trim and flute edges together. Cut slits in top crust to let steam escape. Bake at 425° for 30 to 35 minutes until crust is crisp and golden.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Pie, Pies and tarts.