Mock Apple Pie

I remember as a child my mother trying this recipe.  We thought it was so fun to make apple pie without the apples.  And it did taste like apple pie.  Give it a try!

Mock Apple Pie

Ingredients

2 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 cups water
20 single-stack square soda crackers (regular, salted)
Butter (for dotting)
Ground cinnamon to taste
Pastry for double-crusted 9-inch pie

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Boil the water, sugar and cream of tartar until the sugar is dissolved.  Add the crackers (whole) and boil for just 1 minute.  Slowly spoon the mixture (don't pour) into a 9-inch pastry-lined pan.  Dot the top with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Put on the top crust.  Cut steam vents.

Bake for 35 minutes.

Cool pie before cutting.