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Cracker Pie

A simple pie made with soda crackers, sugar, tartaric acid, and water, baked in a crust.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Cracker Pie

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Line a pie pan with crust.

  2. Place the broken soda cracker in the pan.

Make and bake

  1. Dissolve the sugar and tartaric acid in the water.

  2. Pour the mixture over the cracker.

  3. Cover the pie and bake until done.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Soda cracker
Forms the body of the filling, absorbing the sweet liquid as it bakes.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps it set into a thick, glossy texture.
Tartaric acid
Adds a sharp, tangy note that balances the sweetness of the sugar.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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