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By Heloise Wednesday, June 27, 2007; 12:00 AM

Another Convert to Mock Apple Pie

Dear Heloise: OK, I made your MOCK APPLE PIE. My hubby asked me, "What kind is it?" and I told him to sample it. He said it tasted like apple pie! That's all I needed to know. Thanks a million for all your hints and recipes. -- Kaye in North Little Rock, Ark.

Kaye, we are so glad that you and your husband liked the recipe, which has been a Heloise reader favorite since 1959! It is a hoot to serve -- and don't tell until after your guests take a bite! We are going to share it again so that anyone who might have missed it can give it a try. To make one pie, you will need:

Pastry for a double-crusted 9-inch pie

2 cups water

1 1/4 cups sugar

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

20 whole soda crackers (see note below)

Butter (for dotting)

Ground cinnamon (for sprinkling)

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line the bottom of a 9-inch pie pan with pastry. In a medium saucepan, boil the water, sugar and cream of tartar. Add the soda crackers and boil only 1 minute (the mixture will be a little soupy, but it will thicken). Spoon gently into the pie shell. Dot the top with butter and sprinkle on the cinnamon to taste. Cover the pie with the top crust and cut vents in it. Bake 35 minutes. Let the pie cool completely so it can firm up. Put the pie in the refrigerator for a "quick cool." You'll swear this delicious pie really has apples in it! Enjoy!

The crackers are the small, square ones with four sections to a "sheet." Break each sheet into the four crackers and stack until you have 20 total.

TASTY TIDBITS

Dear Readers: How many apple varieties are grown within the United States?

A. 2,500 of them are grown in the U.S.

B. 2,250 are grown in the U.S.

C. 2,000 are grown in the U.S.

If you picked "A," you get the apple for the day!

VEGGIE SHOPPING

Dear Heloise: I went shopping for vegetables at a store with a large vegetable department and automatic scales that print out the price stickers. I decided to find out how much the plastic bag cost me, so I weighed a red bell pepper with and without the bag. I saved 2 cents. I moved around, and for the next purchase the bag was 6 cents -- I realized the scales were out of sync. I checked all the scales and discovered that the price on the bags varied from 2 cents to 6 cents, and the price on the bell pepper varied by 20 cents. So, I found the best scale, took the vegetables there, weighed them without the bags and saved almost $5. -- Thrifty in San Antonio

(c)2007 by King Features Syndicate Inc.
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