Mock Apple Pie IV

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

A pie made with butterry round crackers. No apples are used, but it tastes as if they are!

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
28 buttery round crackers
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon butter
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9 inch pie dish with pastry.
2 In a large saucepan, combine water and sugar. Cook over high heat until boiling. Put in cream of tartar and reduce heat to simmer. Drop the crackers in, one at a time, and stir until mixture is translucent. Remove from heat and sir in cinnamon, nutmeg and butter.
3 Let filling cool, then put into pie crust. Cover with top crust, seal and flute edges. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 75 minutes, or until golden brown.