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Chemical Apple Pie (No Apple Apple Pie)

SUBMITTED BY: John Pile PHOTO BY: LICS

"This is a recipe for apple pie made without apples. It has all the characteristics of an apple pie with apples. If you didn't know better, you'd think that there really were apples in it. This is an old chemistry lab experiment to teach the limits of human senses."

Chemical Apple Pie (No Apple Apple Pie) Recipe

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Original recipe yield 1 pie

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
25 buttery round crackers
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter

What to Drink?
	Coffee

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C).
Roll out pastry and set aside. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan.
In a small bowl mix together sugar and cream of tartar. Add mixture to boiling water. Stir, then add crackers, one at a time. Boil for 3 minutes, but do not stir.
Pour cracker mixture into pastry-lined pie pan. Sprinkle crackers with cinnamon and dot with butter or margarine. Cover with top pastry. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown. May need to cover top pastry partway through baking to prevent overbrowning.

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Reviewed on Feb. 8, 2006 by Bob's mom

The idea of mock apple pie repulsed me, but I had some leftover (stale) Ritz crackers from the... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 9, 2004 by SINGLEGUYWHOCOOKS

I laughed out loud after I took a bite of this - it's funny how good it tastes for what the... MORE

Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2006 by APRONSTRINGSTOO

You know what they say...nothing gets in the way of a good apple pie like those pesky apples... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 5, 2007 by LIMOBARBIE

This recipe was popular in the 20s,30s and 40s because apples were hard to come by and... MORE

Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2007 by Sofia

YUCK!! this pie turned out extremely watery, and tasted TERRIBLE!! it was way to sweet, and... MORE

Reviewed on Nov. 19, 2005 by Erlinda

This is a great recipe. My great grandfather made a mock apple pie, and my grandmother made it... MORE

Reviewed on Jul. 27, 2006 by LICS

I fooled a lot of people with this recipe. I made this pie because it was cheap and easy. I... MORE

Reviewed on Aug. 24, 2005 by kateriina

This recipe is awesome, esp for people with an apple allergy. MORE

Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2006 by Quynh

My first review ever on AllRecipes even though I've been on here for so long. My friend and I... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2003 by DIXIE_PIXIE_03

This pie is absolutely awesome! It fooled my whole family! It was neat telling everyone that I... MORE

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