Baking An Apple Pie With No Apples

i've had ritz mock apple pie before and it was amazingly convincing, also delicious!

If you read the article, you'll find that this "chemical apple pie" is also called "mock apple pie," it is much older than the Ritz box recipe, it was invented when apples were scarce and crackers were not, and popularized when WWII sent most apples overseas for the soldiers and what was left here was prohibitively expensive.

My daughter and I made this yesterday and we are astounded to say, it looked, slightly smelled, and tasted like apple pie. We shared it with everyone who were also amazed. Then we made a much better real apple pie. :)

Miss C, I never really understood it either because apples are so cheap and available year round. But your comment reminded me that in reality, they are seasonal. Maybe this recipe was an option to make pies while the apples weren't growing.

No universe creation required?

As much as apple pie used to be "American", mock apple pie is "today's American".