Soda Cracker Pie Recipes

An old fashioned soda cracker pie recipe might seem unusual, yet it came in handy when Grandma didn't have a called-for ingredient at hand when she wanted to make a pie.

These so-called mock pies were popular during the Great Depression in the 1930s when fruits were sometimes scarce in cities. Today, these unique pies are fun to make and serve, so be sure to try them. Suggested baking temperatures for the soda cracker pies are given at the bottom of the page.

Mock apple pie and minced pies tended to be the most popular cracker pies though mock cherry pies were made with cranberries in some regions.

Grandma's Soda Cracker Pie Recipes

Mom's Recipe Scrapbooks (c. 1920s)

Mock Apple Pie Filling With Crackers

To one small bowl of crackers that have been soaked until no hard parts remain, add one teaspoonful of tartaric acid, sweeten to your taste, add some butter, and a very little nutmeg. —The Confederate Cookbook, 1863

Mock Mincemeat Pie Filling With Crackers

4 eggs, 4 cups water, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup flour, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon soda, 1/2 dozen crackers (crushed very fine).

The White House Soda Cracker Pie Recipe

The White House Cook Book (1913)

Mock Apple Pie With Crackers

Crush finely with a rolling pin, one-half dozen large soda crackers; put it into a bowl and pour upon it one teacupful of cold water; add one teacupful of fine white sugar, the juice and pulp of one lemon, half a lemon rind grated and a little nutmeg.

Line the pie-plate with half puff paste, pour in the mixture, cover with the remaining puff paste and bake half an hour. These are proportions for one pie.

Fannie Farmer's Old Fashioned Soda Cracker Pie Recipe

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896)

Mock Mince Pie Filling With Crackers

4 common crackers, rolled, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1 cup molasses , 1/3 cup lemon juice or vinegar, spices, 1 cup raisins, seeded and chopped, 1/2 cup butter, 2 eggs well beaten.

Mix ingredients in order given, adding spices to taste. Bake between crusts. This quantity will make two pies.

Aunt Babette's Old Fashioned Soda Cracker Pie Recipe

Aunt Babette's Cook Book (1889)

Mock Mincemeat Pie With Breadcrumbs

Line a plate with a rich puff paste, and fill with the following: beat up two eggs with one cup and a quarter of sugar, one cupful of bread which has been soaked in warm water, one-half cup of molasses, half a cup of vinegar, half a cup of water, one cup of raisins, a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonful of ground cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and pinch of pepper.

This quantity will make two pies. Cover with strips of crust and bake half an hour in moderate oven (350°F), or until done.

Dr. Chase's Old Fashioned Soda Cracker Pie Recipes

Dr. Chase's Receipt Book (1891)

Mock Minced Pie Filling With Cracker Crumbs

Cracker crumbs, sugar, molasses, boiling water, and raisins, each 1 cup; vinegar and butter, each 1/2 cup; 2 beaten eggs; nutmeg and cinnamon, each 1 teaspoonful; cloves, 1/2 teaspoonful. Either of them will make 3 pies.

Remarks. —English currants can be added to this, if desired, or dropped from No. 1 (above), as one may choose. To imitate minced pies, of course, they must have upper as well as under crust. See Pastry Recipes, for making the crust.

Mock Minced Pie Filling With Breadcrumbs

Bread crumbs, sugar, molasses, vinegar, boiling water, raisins, and currants, each 1 cup; butter, 1/2 cup; spices to taste.

Mock Minced Pie Filling With Apples & Crackers

Crackers, double handful; tart apples, medium size, 8; raisins, 1 cup; butter and molasses, each 1/2 cup; ground cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, each 1 teaspoonful; salt, 1 saltspoonful; sugar and apple cider.

Directions:

Roll the crackers; pare, core and chop the apples, melt the butter, and mix all, using cider to make sufficiently moist, and if the cider is not quite tart, add 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, with sugar enough to give the requisite sweetness, which each must judge for himself, as tastes vary so much.

Remarks. —The apples give this old fashioned soda cracker pie recipe a much greater resemblance to the real, than as formerly made without apples.

If they are made with a light biscuit crust, which is made with at least 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, then wetting the bottom crust with the beaten white of an egg before the mixture is put in, even the dyspeptic may eat them, if he can eat ordinary food.

They are healthful, as well as very tasty. Give the author the one with the apples when he calls upon you.

Suggested Baking Temperatures for Soda Cracker Pies

For most soda cracker pies containing fruit, bake at 425°F for 15 to 20 minutes on the lower rack, then reduce oven heat to 350°F and continue baking until done, when the filling is bubbly, and the crust has turned golden brown. Otherwise, the old fashioned soda cracker pie recipe is best baked in a moderate (350°F) oven until done, and crust is golden brown.

If your crust is over browning before the pie is done baking, loosely cover with aluminum foil to protect from heat.