Aunt Totsy Mock Apple Pie Food

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place bottom pastry in a 9-in. pie plate. Layer crackers in shell; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Carefully pour over crackers (filling will be very thin). Cool for 10 minutes. Cut lattice strips from remaining pastry; place over filling. Seal and flute edges. Bake at 400° for 25-20 minutes or until golden brown.

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine the water, sugar and cream of tartar; bring to boil.
• Drop in whole crackers and boil for 5 minutes. Pour mixture into pie shell; sprinkle with cinnamon and lemon juice.
• Mix together the crushed crackers, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter; sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake for 15 minutes and reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes longer. Serve warm.

AUNT CAROL'S APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel and slice apples. Toss with sugars, cinnamon and flour. Set aside.
• Roll crust to make slightly larger to fit 10-inch glass pie pan. Fit bottom crust in pie pan. Turn in apple mixture and dot with butter. Put crust on top and crimp edges of crust together.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Wet hands with water and dampen top of pie. Sprinkle with additional sugar. Puncture top of pie with fork so the steam can escape.
• Bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for about 45 minutes more, until crust is golden brown. It's a good practice to place a piece of aluminum foil slightly larger than the pie under the pie plate to catch overflows. Serve warm.

AUNT BETTY'S MOCK CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Put cranberries and raisins into a blender and chop up together.
• Sift flour and sugar together and add to fruit mixture.
• Add water and vanilla.
• Pour into an unbaked pie crust.
• Top with crust and cut slits for steam to escape.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
• 5 minutes before it is done, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Chill.
• (The taste is better when it is cold).

ZUCCHINI MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook zucchini slices in boiling water until barely tender, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from stove and drain very well and cool.Remove as much moisture as you can with paper towels.
• In a bowl, toss zucchini with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cream of tartar, cornstarch or flour, and salt until well coated.
• Place lightly floured pastry in a 9-inch, pan.
• Fill with zucchini mixture.
• Dot with butter, drizzle with vinegar.
• Top with crust.
• Brush top crust lightly with water and sprinkle crust with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Or serve chilled.

ULTIMATE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Put a layer of paper towels on a large baking sheet. Quarter, core, peel and slice the apples about 5mm thick and lay evenly on the baking sheet. Put paper towels on top and set aside while you make and chill the pastry.
• For the pastry, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl until just mixed. Break in a whole egg and a yolk (keep the white for glazing later). Beat together for just under 1 min - it will look a bit like scrambled egg. Now work in the flour with a wooden spoon, a third at a time, until it's beginning to clump up, then finish gathering it together with your hands. Gently work the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film, and chill for 45 mins. Now mix the 140g/5oz sugar, the cinnamon and flour for the filling in a bowl that is large enough to take the apples later.
• After the pastry has chilled, heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Lightly beat the egg white with a fork. Cut off a third of the pastry and keep it wrapped while you roll out the rest, and use this to line a pie tin - 20-22cm round and 4cm deep - leaving a slight overhang. Roll the remaining third to a circle about 28cm in diameter. Pat the apples dry with kitchen paper, and tip them into the bowl with the cinnamon-sugar mix. Give a quick mix with your hands and immediately pile high into the pastry-lined tin.
• Brush a little water around the pastry rim and lay the pastry lid over the apples pressing the edges together to seal. Trim the edge with a sharp knife and make 5 little slashes on top of the lid for the steam to escape. (Can be frozen at this stage.) Brush it all with the egg white and sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake for 40-45 mins, until golden, then remove and let it sit for 5-10 mins. Sprinkle with more sugar and serve while still warm from the oven with softly whipped cream.

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Mix sugar and cream of tartar in medium saucepan. Gradually stir in water. Bring to boil on high heat; simmer on low heat 5 min. or until mixture is reduced to 1-1/2 cups. Stir in zest and juice; cool 30 min.
• Heat oven to 425°F. Roll out 1 crust on lightly floured surface to 11-inch circle; place in 9-inch pie plate. Place cracker crumbs in crust. Pour sugar syrup over crumbs; top with butter and cinnamon.
• Roll out remaining crust to 10-inch circle; place over pie. Seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust to permit steam to escape.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until golden brown. Cool.

RITZ MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Roll out bottom crust of pastry and fit into 9 inch pie plate.
• Break crackers coarsely into pastry lined pan; set aside.
• In saucepan, combine water, sugar and cream of tartar; bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add lemon juice and rind.
• Let stand at room temperature until cool.
• Slowly pour syrup over crackers, letting it seep in some as you go along.
• Dot top with butter; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Cover with top crust; flute edges.
• Cut slits in top crust.
• Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 30-35 minutes or until crust is crisp and golden.