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We were discussing the Paper Bag Apple Pie recipe in the office and how unusual it is, and then someone mentioned a mock apple pie that is made with Ritz crackers. No one else had ever heard of ...
To make mock apple pie, you need Ritz crackers, egg, milk, sugar, vanilla, water, lemon juice and zest, cream of tartar, cinnamon, butter and two prepared pie crusts (store-bought or homemade).
The mock apple pie recipe soon became a staple on Ritz boxes, and it was included on the cracker containers for several decades. The dish had a bit of a resurgence in the 1960s, fueled by fond ...
Variety took hold by the 1840s with soda crackers, butter crackers and round sugar biscuits. Health-food guru Sylvester Graham expanded the repertoire with coarsely milled whole wheat flour.
``I'm looking for the recipe for mock apple pie made with either soda crackers or Ritz crackers,'' e-mails K.R. of Moline. ``I've tried one that was made with egg whites and sugar, but it was too ...
It fascinated me when I was a child in the 1960s. Carefully studying the back of the Ritz Crackers box, I asked my mother, “What are mock apples?” I’d heard ...