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Appleless Apple Pie

List of Ingredients




2 Cups Water
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
Butter
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
20 Ritz Crackers
Cinnamon or Nutmeg

Recipe



Mix water, sugar and cream of tartar together and boil for 2 minutes. Then drop in the whole Ritz Crackers and boil for 1 more minute. Cool. When cool, spoon lightly into an unbaked pie shell. Dot with pieces of butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon or nutmeg. Cover with a top crust, if solid crust, add air holes with knife or fork. Bake in 425 degree F oven until the crust is browned, Serve chilled.
My fondest memory of this is of my Mom making it and bringing it to a family function. My uncle refused to believe it wasn't 'real' apple pie and swore that he had just swallowed an apple seed!.