Recipe for cooking ritz cracker mock apple pie

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Ritz Cracker Mock Apple Pie

2-crust pastry
36 Ritz crackers
2 c. sugar
2 c. water
2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Butter
Cinnamon

Break crackers into pastry crust. Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar and boil gently for 15 mins.. Add lemon juice and rind. Cool.

Pour filling over the crackers. Dot with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with the top crust. Cut slits in the top crust. Bake at 425 degrees F for 30 to 35 mins..

Serve with "cheese apples." Roll sm. balls of cheese in paprika. Insert a whole clove in each for the stem.