The ingredient may be lying at the back of your cupboard but you would never expect to put it in an apple pie recipe ...

Pecan Delight, miracle pie, cracker pie—this vintage pie goes by many names, but “Mock Pecan Pie” has to ... yet crisp texture from buttery Ritz crackers and chopped pecans.

There were still disbelievers in the group, so I showed them the recipe printed on the back of a box of Ritz. The modern name is mock apple pie, but early on, it had other names: cracker pie ...