Well, Mock Apple Pie Making in progress at Chez Lash... Photos later.

My Mock Apple Pie Trip Report
 

Soooo.... Flippy inspired me, and I thought "Heck, it can't be worse than Vegemite..." ;) :p

Here's what happened:



With printed recipe in hand, I got my box of Ritz Crackers and crumbled 36 of them (ie: a whole sleeve - why didn't they just say that ?!?) into a bowl.



Then, I put them in a raggle-taggle, badly lined pie crust. OK, so I believe that no-one's gonna see underneath once the top goes on. My bad. :blush:



Then I boiled up the sugar, water and cream of tartar in a saucepan, and added the lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Having cooled the syrup, I then poured it on with Gay Abandon (tm)



Here's what it looked like with Syrup in it.



...and here's a close up of the miracle syrupy crackers that will magically transform into Grade A Apples.



Having done that.. there was nothing left to do but sprinkle the cinnamon on top, dot with butter (actually, I left the butter out for health reasons.... as if all that sugar wasn't dangerous enough already...) and top with the remaining pastry sheet (yes, pre-made - I was feeling lazy tonight)



It came out of the oven 30 minutes later, looking like a dream !!!!



When cut into, and a slice carefully removed... what to my wondering eyes did appear??? Apples !!!!!! OMG!! wait, WHAT !?!?!? (Please note this is really the pie I made, there were no real apples used in these pictures....)



...and here's the slice, with all the Oozy "Apple" goodness drooling out - the recipe said to wait until it's cooled fully, but we couldn't wait. We served it with a little fresh cream and it was divine. A really good match - the right texture and appearance. The taste is like an apple pie made with lemon juice. Very good. Worth having seconds (but I couldn't. I get another piece tomorrow if I'm good.)





There are more details of the origins of this pie here, and there's also a link to.....

Mock Girl Scout Thin Mints Using Ritz Crackers.

OMG OMG OMG - guess what I'm making next !! :snap:

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

That is mind blowing! :eek: Magic in your oven! Thanks for the visual proof otherwise I never would have believed it.

Holy crap. I was watching this thread, waiting for the first try and 'fail'. A first try and "Success!" is mind-blowing and giddy-making.

We've got ourselves and upside-down-mock apple pie! I'm amazed and really happy it was good (cause the anticipatory dry taste I have in my mouth right now isn't good).

Wow, that looks really tasty! :snap:

I have to ask, I've never seen a pre-made pie crust so very WHITE. Is there no butter in it? Shortening? It looked like it was made of snow!

You will have to report on the GS Thin Mints (best.cookies.ever)

Wow. Now I have to wonder if what I has as a kid was something else.

Visible bear and stoat mojo!!!

You guys are my heroes. Now I will certainly try it.