Not So Apple Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Get muffin pan out. No need to grease it.
• In food processor blend flour, salt and butter until it looks like little peas.
• Add in water and blend just until it looks like it's sticking.
• Take out and combine it by hand until well blended.
• Roll out on lightly floured surface until about 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut 12, 4 inch circles with cup or bowl.(You will need to roll out twice).
• Note: you can use the rest of the crust for anything you may want to do on top of the pies.
• Press each circle in muffin tins until all the way up each side, to form little bowls.
• Mix by hand all filling ingredients and spoon into muffin bowls.
• Cut up butter into 12 little pieces and place one piece on each pie.
• You can decorate them anyway you like with extra crust, or just leave plain.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 16-18 minutes. (Until crust is light brown and apples are bubbling).
• When cool, just loosen with a spoon and they'll come right out!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, combine sugars, flour and spices; set aside. In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Add sugar mixture; toss to coat. , On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim even with rim. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top. Beat egg white until foamy; brush over crust. Sprinkle with sugar. Cover edge loosely with foil. , Bake 25 minutes. Remove foil; bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 20-25 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Combine apple juice concentrate, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until thick and bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in apples.
• Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie shell and dot with butter.
• Position the top crust over the filling, cutting slits for the steam to escape. Trim and seal the edges. Brush the top very lightly with water and sprinkle with nutmeg.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees (175 degrees C) and continue to bake until golden and bubbly, about 30 minutes more.

Steps:

• You will also need:.
• Big pot.
• Wooden spoon.
• If necessary, prebake the pie crust as instructed on the box.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Put the water in the pot and heat to boiling.
• While the water is heating, mix the sucrose with the potassium bitartrate.
• Add the mixture to the boiling water, a little at a time, stirring after each addition.
• Add the crackers, one at a time, to the boiling solution.
• Boil for about 3 minutes, but do not stir.
• Carefully pour the mixture into the pie crust.
• Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top of the pie filling.
• Dab butter evenly over the filling.
• Bake in a preheated oven for about 15 minutes.
• Cool and enjoy eating your experiment!
• This pie looks and tastes like apple pie, but it contains no apples. The cream of tartar produces a weak acid which combines with other ingredients to produce the tangy taste of apples. This acid, combined with the pieces of solid cracker, closely resembles the taste and appearance of apple pie. Bon appétite!