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Mock Mince Pie

A pie made with crackers and an egg, baked until set.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Mock Mince Pie

Mock Mince Pie

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Crush the crackers into fine crumbs.

Make and bake the filling

  1. In a bowl, beat the egg and mix in the cracker crumbs.

  2. Pour the mixture into a pie crust.

  3. Bake for 30 minutes or until set.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Egg
Binds the cracker crumbs and sets when baked, giving the filling its structure.
Crackers
Provide the bulk and body of the filling, standing in for the traditional mincemeat.

The step that matters

Baking until set. Egg proteins coagulate as they heat, firming the filling. Pulling it too early leaves it runny, while overbaking can make it dry and tough.

“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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