chemical apple pie

Recipe by
Megan Stewart
Middletown, OH

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.

method Bake

Ingredients For chemical apple pie

  • 1
    pie pastry for 9 inch double crust pie
  • 2 c
    water
  • 1 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    cream of tartar
  • 25
    buttery round crackers (ritz)
  • 1/2 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp
    butter

How To Make chemical apple pie

  • 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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