Mock Apple Pie

Mock Apple Pie, contributed by Sandra Bechtold of McClusky, is exactly what the name promises: a pie designed to resemble apple pie without using apples at all.

Instead, the filling starts with coarsely broken Ritz crackers and a cooked syrup made from water, Splenda, lemon juice, butter, and cinnamon. Once baked between two crusts, the crackers soften into a filling the contributor says resembles apple pie.

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Mock Apple Pie

Preserved from 75 Years of Caring and Sharing, printed page 192.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: community cookbook recipe, mock apple pie, vintage dessert

Ingredients

• pastry for 2 crust 9 inch pie
• 36 Ritz crackers coarsely broken
• 2 c. water
• 2 c. Splenda
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• ½ tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

• Place crackers in prepared crust.
• In saucepan, over high heat, heat water and Splenda to a boil.
• Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add lemon juice; cool.
• Pour syrup over crackers.
• Dot with butter; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Place remaining crust on pie.
• Trim, seal, and flute edges.
• Bake at 425° for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

Source note: Contributor says this was given to her by friend Sue Tucker from Kansas. They were both diabetic and shared recipes; she notes it resembles apple pie.