Anyone ever make Mock Apple Pie?

[lashbear]

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

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.



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 !!