Mock Apple Butter Recipes

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine the water, sugar and cream of tartar; bring to boil.
• Drop in whole crackers and boil for 5 minutes. Pour mixture into pie shell; sprinkle with cinnamon and lemon juice.
• Mix together the crushed crackers, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter; sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake for 15 minutes and reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes longer. Serve warm.

MOCK APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Add the chopped zucchini to a large pot. Pour the lemon juice in, and gently toss to combine.
• Cook the zucchini, stirring often for 15-20 minutes- until they're soft, tender, and have gone from white to resembling cooked apple slices.
• Once cooked stir in the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Let the mixture simmer for roughly 2 minutes, just until the apple slices are infused with the flavors.
• Taste it and see, but the zucchini mixture will now look & taste like apple pie filling. Transfer the filling to a waiting 8x8 dish.
• To a large mixing bowl add the flour, oats, sugar, and crackers. Stir them all together to evenly combine.
• Drizzle the butter evenly out over top. Stir again to evenly combine.
• Spread the crumble topping evenly out over top of filling. Make sure to get it to the edges, and try your best to make sure it covers all of the filling.
• Bake the zucchini crisp at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• Remove it from the oven, and let the dish rest for at least 5 minutes.
• Spoon the crisp into bowls, and serve topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

MOCK APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times., Roll out into a 14x10-in. rectangle. Brush with melted butter. Top with apples; sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining sugar., Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal. Place on a parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 425° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown., Remove from pan to a wire rack. In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla; drizzle over warm strudel. Sprinkle with nuts if desired.

MOCK APPLE-CIDER SOUR

Steps:

• Add the sugar cube, lemon juice, apple cider and seltzer to a 6- to 8-ounce Old Fashion glass. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Drop in the ice cube sphere and apple chip. Flame the orange peel by simultaneously bending the peel, skin-side out, and holding a match or lighter near the peel to ignite the spraying orange oil. Rub the peel around the rim of the glass before dropping it in the drink.

MOCK APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat; cool. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

MOCK APPLE PIE IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9 inch pie dish with pastry.
• In a large saucepan, combine water and sugar. Cook over high heat until boiling. Put in cream of tartar and reduce heat to simmer. Drop the crackers in, one at a time, and stir until mixture is translucent. Remove from heat and sir in cinnamon, nutmeg and butter.
• Let filling cool, then put into pie crust. Cover with top crust, seal and flute edges. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 75 minutes, or until golden brown.

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Mix sugar and cream of tartar in medium saucepan. Gradually stir in water. Bring to boil on high heat; simmer on low heat 5 min. or until mixture is reduced to 1-1/2 cups. Stir in zest and juice; cool 30 min.
• Heat oven to 425°F. Roll out 1 crust on lightly floured surface to 11-inch circle; place in 9-inch pie plate. Place cracker crumbs in crust. Pour sugar syrup over crumbs; top with butter and cinnamon.
• Roll out remaining crust to 10-inch circle; place over pie. Seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in top crust to permit steam to escape.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until golden brown. Cool.

MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, cream of tartar and butter.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the mixture and continue to boil for approximately 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Crush the saltine crackers and put in a 9-inch unbaked pie crust. Pour mixture from saucepan into the pie crust and sprinkle the top with cinnamon.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until done. Serves 8.
• Dorothy Nuckols, Indiana

MOCK APPLE CRISP (RITZ)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 and butter a 2 quart casserole.
• For Filling: Combine water, white sugar, and cream of tartar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Roughly break 30-40 Ritz crackers into buttered casserole, scatter evenly. Pour sugar mixture over crackers. Sprinkle with cinnamon and lemon juice.
• For Topping: Mix together 20 crushed Ritz crackers, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling.
• Bake 10 minutes at 425. Reduce heat to 375 and continue to bake 15-20 minutes longer or until topping is golden brown and filling is no longer jiggly. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.