Name: Cracker Pie
Ingredients: 1 cupful molasses 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider; 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider; 1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider; 1 teaspoonful all kinds of spices this will make three pies; 3 crackers; 6 table- v2 cupful butter spoonfuls stale bread 1 cupful molasses 1 cupful sug; 2 eggs vinegar 1 teaspoonful all kinds of spices this will make three pies; three pies

Why it works: Cider and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,431 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Cracker Pie

Ingredients

1 cupful molasses 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider
1 cupful sugar 1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider
1 cupful boiling water v2 cupful boiled cider
1 teaspoonful all kinds of spices this will make three pies
3 crackers
6 table- v2 cupful butter spoonfuls stale bread 1 cupful molasses 1 cupful sug
2 eggs vinegar 1 teaspoonful all kinds of spices this will make three pies
three pies

Directions

3 crackers or 6 table- V2 cupful butter
spoonfuls stale bread 1 cupful molasses 1 cupful sugar 1 cupful boiling water
V2 cupful boiled cider or 2 eggs
vinegar 1 teaspoonful all kinds of
spices This will make three pies.
Mrs. B. S. Fullington.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

745Calories

19 gProtein

18 gFat

123 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Water	not in our table	0
Cider	not in our table	0
Pie	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Johnson, Vt. Congregational church. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Molasses + sugartop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,225 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,806 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).