Onion Pie with Ritz Cracker Crust (1984)

• 
  1 cup Ritz Crackers, finely crumbled
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups Vidalia or yellow onions, thinly sliced
• 2 tbspns butter
•  2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 tspn salt
• Dash pepper
• 1/4 cup sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
• Paprika
• Parsley

Mix cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press into 8-inch pie pan. Saute onions in 2 tablespoons butter until clear. Spoon into crust.

Beat eggs with milk, salt, and pepper, and pour over onions in crust. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese and paprika. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until knife inserted into center comes out clean. Sprinkle with parsley before serving. Serves 6 to 8. 

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(Origin - "Sugar Beach" by the Junior League of Fort Walton, Florida, 1984. Recipe by Lou Baughman.)

Scalloped Eggplant with Ritz Crackers (1970)

• 1 large eggplant
• 1 large onion
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1-1/2 cups Ritz cracker crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 tspn parsley
• 1 to 2 tspsns green pepper, chopped
• Butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

Peel eggplant, and dice. Boil in salted water until tender. Drain and mash.  Saute onion and celery in small amount of butter.  Combine cheese, onion, celery, egg, parsley, and green pepper with eggplant.  

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter, and stir in Rtiz cracker crumbs. Layer eggplant mixture, crumbs, and salt and pepper in casserole, ending with cracker crumbs. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Serves 4.

(Origin - "Favorite Recipes of University Women - Casseroles including Breads" published by the  American Association of University Women; Montgomery, Alabama branch; 1970.  Recipe by Ruth E. Pyle of the East St Louis branch of the AAUW.)

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