Mock Apple Pie first appeared in 1934 on the cracker’s package. It’s hard to imagine why anyone would want to substitute crisp apples for buttery crackers. Were they a stand-in for hard-to ...

This mock apple pie, based on Heloise’s classic recipe, tastes just like the real thing. Bake up a fake apple pie for April Fool’s Day and see if your friends and family can tell the difference.

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Coarsely break crackers into pastry-lined pie plate. 2. Combine sugar, water and cream of tartar; bring to a boil. Boil gently ...

Use up zucchini in a mock apple pie! With a buttery crust, brown sugar, and warm spices, this recipe tastes just like apple pie, but without a single apple.

Another fan goes on about the fascinating history, saying: "These mock pies became very popular during the Great Depression actually! Ritz crackers were much cheaper, versatile, could be found ...

Many Southern pies have origins in European baking and were adapted using available ingredients. Story includes recipes for Atlantic beach, vinegar and green tomato pies.

Mock apple pie is the product of American cooks who got creative during wartime shortages and poor harvests. When apples weren't available, they made delicious apple-inspired pies ...

Mock apple pie (also sometimes called no-apple apple pie) looks, tastes and smells like a classic apple pie, but this thrifty recipe born out of Great Depression-era scarcity, doesn't use apples.

What if you could create all those cozy flavors of the all-American pie, with no fruit at all? This may sound like an impossible feat, but a famous Great Depression-era recipe shows you that this ...