Grandma's Vintage Recipes

This blog is for the posting of Vintage Recipes. I have inherited recipes from both my grandmothers, mother, aunts, etc over the years. I am also a cookbook collector with several old cookbooks in my possession. My goal here is to share with you older recipes that have been lost to many. I hope you will enjoy my blogs and some old memories will be revived by some of the recipes. Note:To save the vintage value of these recipes, I make no changes. You see the original recipe as written.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

MOCK APPLE PIE

During the depression when apples were expensive and crackers were less expensive, the Mock Apple Pie was very popular.

2 cups water

1 1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
25 Ritz Crackers, crushed
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pastry for two-crust pie

Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar. Bring to a boil.

Add Ritz crackers and boil for 2 minutes without stirring. Pour into shell.

Dot with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Top with crust.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes.

1 comment:

Disneypal said...: I made this once and took it to work. Several people told me it was the best apple pie they ever had. I never told anyone that there wasn't any apples in it :); February 27, 2015 at 7:28 AM