Zucchini Mock Apple Pie
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 8
 
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Ingredients
  • 6-8 c zucchini, peeled and cut into "apple-sized" pieces
  • ¾ c sugar
  • ½ c brown sugar
  • 2 t cinnamon
  • ¼ t nutmeg
  • ¼ t cardamom
  • 1½ t cream of tartar
  • 2 T corn starch
  • ½ t salt
  • 1 t vinegar
  • 1 T butter
  • 2 pie crusts (I cheat and purchase frozen Tenderflake)
  • ½ t sugar, topping for crust
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Follow package directions t defrost pie shell.
  3. Cook zucchini in boiling water until barely tender (about 2 minutes).
  4. Cool and drain. Squeeze out as much excess moisture as possible with paper towels.
  5. In a bowl, well toss zucchini with sugars and all other ingredients from list stopping with the salt.
  6. Fill the pie shell with mixture.
  7. Dot with butter, drizzle with vinegar.
  8. Top with second crust.
  9. Create steam cuts in the crust.
  10. Dust with sugar.
  11. Bake for 15 minutes at 425.
  12. Reduce heat to 350 and continue baking about 45 minutes.Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe by Food Musings at http://foodmusings.ca/food-celebrations/birthday-steaks-and-mock-apple-pie/