Mock Apple Pie Zucchini Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook zucchini slices in boiling water until barely tender, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from stove and drain very well and cool.Remove as much moisture as you can with paper towels.
• In a bowl, toss zucchini with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cream of tartar, cornstarch or flour, and salt until well coated.
• Place lightly floured pastry in a 9-inch, pan.
• Fill with zucchini mixture.
• Dot with butter, drizzle with vinegar.
• Top with crust.
• Brush top crust lightly with water and sprinkle crust with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Or serve chilled.

Steps:

• pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
• cook zucchini until tender, drain water well add in salt and lemon juice.
• Add all dry ingredients together mix well. (I added a pinch or two of brown sugar also).
• take and add drained zucchini to the dry ingredients mix well, will be runny but that's ok it will set up.
• Dump filling in 2 9 inch unbaked pie crusts and dot with butter on top add the top pie crust and seal edges make vent holes on top.
• Put into oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine the water, sugar and cream of tartar; bring to boil.
• Drop in whole crackers and boil for 5 minutes. Pour mixture into pie shell; sprinkle with cinnamon and lemon juice.
• Mix together the crushed crackers, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter; sprinkle over pie filling.
• Bake for 15 minutes and reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes longer. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Roll out half of the pastry and line one 9 inch pie plate. Place the crackers in the prepared crust.
• In a saucepan, over high heat, bring water, sugar and cream of tartar to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and rind then let cool.
• Pour syrup over the crackers. Dot top with butter or margarine and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll out remaining pastry and place over pie. Trim, seal and flute edges. Slit top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is crisp and golden. Let pie cool completely before serving.

Steps:

• Peel zucchini and slice in half lengthwise.
• Scrape out soft center and seeds, and slice thin.
• Combine lemon juice and water.
• Put sliced zucchini and lemon water into a deep skillet with a tight-fitting lid, and simmer, stirring often until zucchini is limp& opaque.
• Volume will reduce by about half.
• Drain but do not rinse.
• Leave over sink to continue to drain.
• Fit pie crust to pan.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg& salt.
• Add zucchini slices to bowl and toss to mix well.
• Put zucchini mixture in pie shell.
• For crumb topping, mix all dry ingredients.
• Cut in margarine.
• Put all crumbs on top of pie.
• Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Peel the zucchini. Cut into quarters lengthwise, then remove seeds and cut crosswise (as you would cut apples for apple pie). Toss together 4 cups chopped zucchini, lemon juice and salt. Place mixture into frying pan and cook until tender-crisp.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, cream of tartar, nutmeg and flour. Add the cooked zucchini to sugar mixture and mix well. It will be a little runny, but that's OK.
• Place filling into a 9 inch pie crust, dot with butter, and place top crust on. Bake in oven at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press half of the crumb mixture into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Set remaining crumb mixture aside., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring zucchini and lemon juice to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-6 minutes or until tender. Drain. Stir in the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1/2 cup reserved crumb mixture. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes. Stir in walnuts and raisins. , Spread filling evenly over crust. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.

Steps:

• Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Combine the first eight ingredients, and pat half of this mixture in the bottom of the pan. Save the rest of mixture for later.
• Cook the zucchini, lemon juice, water, spices, and half of the second half of the mixture(1/4 of the total). Cook until thick.
• Pour over crust.
• Put the last 1/4 of the mixture on top.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
• Freezes well.

Steps:

• Place bottom pastry in a 9-in. pie plate. Layer crackers in shell; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Carefully pour over crackers (filling will be very thin). Cool for 10 minutes. Cut lattice strips from remaining pastry; place over filling. Seal and flute edges. Bake at 400° for 25-20 minutes or until golden brown.