Baking An Apple Pie With No Apples

It is called Mock Apple Pie and was on the back of Ritz Cracker boxes.

I remember mock apple pie. I never understood why people would do this ...which may have had something to do with the fact that my parents had about a dozen apple trees.

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

No universe creation required?

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.

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. :)

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