Chemical Apple Pie (No-Apple Apple Pie)

This is a recipe for apple pie made without apples. Fool your tastebuds with chemistry — the apples in this delicious pie are really buttery crackers.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 456 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups water
• 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
• 25 buttery round crackers
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1.5 teaspoons cream of tartar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C).

Step 2

Roll out pastry, place bottom pastry into a pie pan, and set aside.

Step 3

Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan.

Step 4

Mix together sugar and cream of tartar in a small bowl. Add mixture to boiling water. Stir, then add crackers, one at a time. Boil for 3 minutes, but do not stir.

Step 5

Pour cracker mixture into the pastry-lined pie pan. Sprinkle crackers with cinnamon and dot with butter. Cover with top pastry. Seal edges and cut steam vents in the top.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes. You may need to cover the top pastry partway through baking to prevent burning.