chemical apple pie

3 Pinches
Middletown, OH
Updated on Feb 27, 2017

Tastes just like apple pie but doesn't have any apples...my sister in law made this for chemistry class in high school in March 2003, and my mother in law shared the recipe.

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Ingredients

  • 1 - pie pastry for 9 inch double crust pie
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 25 - buttery round crackers (ritz)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons butter

How To Make chemical apple pie

  • Step 1
    Oven to 450 degrees. Roll out pastry and set aside. Bring water to boil in 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 min 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 min, until crust is golden brown. may need to cover top pastry partway through baking to prevent overbrowning.

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Category: Pies
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Sugar
Keyword: #crackers

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