American Southern

Cracker Pie

Name: Cracker Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 each Boston cracker; 1 cups water; 1 cup sugar; 1 each butter; 1 each lemon

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 25. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

25 minPrep Time

45 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
One Boston cracker, one cup water, juice and grated rind of a lemon, one cup sugar, piece of butter the size of a butternut.
2
This makes one pie.

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