Mock Apple Pie IV
Description
A pie made with butterry round crackers. No apples are used, but it tastes as if they are!
Ingredients
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2 cups water
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1 1/4 cups white sugar
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2 teaspoons cream of tartar
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28 buttery round crackers
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1 tablespoon butter
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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.