Mock Apple Pie

Mock Apple Pie 

Here is a story from years gone by.  It's about sharing fun and delightful surprises with those who are close to us.  This recipe is easy to make.  It brings a taste of autumn fruit to the table, even though no fruit is used in the recipe.

"Family and friends refused to believe there is absolutely no fruit in this pie," our friend explains. 

Shawn, a self-assured artist friend and academic, proclaimed he would know a fake from the real thing.  Later that same day, while sitting and chatting with family at my mom's kitchen table, she and I served him a slice.  "This apple pie is delicious!" he exclaimed.  "Shawn," we said sweetly, "there are no apples in that pie!"  For the first time since I had known him, he was speechless. 

Mock Apple Pie

Ingredients

14 soda crackers
1 1/2 cups (.35 liter) water
1 1/4 cups (.30 liter) sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons (7 ml) cream of tarter
1 teaspoon (5 ml) cinnamon
2 tablespoons (30 ml) butter or margarine
Unbaked pie shell (single or double crust, as desired)

Directions

Break crackers in fourths into unbaked pie shell.  Mix rest of ingredients and bring to boil.  Pour over crackers.  Cover with top crust (or crumb topping of additional sugar and margarine/butter) and bake at 375 degrees F (190 C) for 45 minutes.