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Many foods during the War in the South were hard to obtain. Many times the Southern homemaker had to develop recipes without a main ingredient. One such was "Pretend Apple Pie" or also called "Mock Apple Pie".
"Let's Pretend Apple Pie"
1 dozen saltine crackers
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
cinnamon and/or nutmeg to taste
butter
pastry for 2 crust pie
Combine crackers, cold water, sugar, lemon juice, and spices in a bowl. Stir, Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter and cover with the top crust. Prick the crust and flute the edges. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Saltine crackers are an 1870s improvement, so the southern homemaker would have used hardtack or soda crackers. Hardtack was made with flour and water, no shortening. Soda crackers were made with shortening and bicarbonate of soda. They were in widespread use during the war. Saltines which came later are leavened with both soda and yeast.
From: "Confederate Home Cooking" by Patricia B. Mitchell.
"Let's Pretend Apple Pie"
1 dozen saltine crackers
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
cinnamon and/or nutmeg to taste
butter
pastry for 2 crust pie
Combine crackers, cold water, sugar, lemon juice, and spices in a bowl. Stir, Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter and cover with the top crust. Prick the crust and flute the edges. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Saltine crackers are an 1870s improvement, so the southern homemaker would have used hardtack or soda crackers. Hardtack was made with flour and water, no shortening. Soda crackers were made with shortening and bicarbonate of soda. They were in widespread use during the war. Saltines which came later are leavened with both soda and yeast.
From: "Confederate Home Cooking" by Patricia B. Mitchell.