Recipe

Mimis Fried Apple Pies Recipe

	Saltymike / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago Fried apple pies are delicious and are real comfort food. My grandmother used to make these fried apple pies for my cousins and me. We would eat them as fast as she could pull them out of the frying pan. She complained, of course, but she never ran us out or the kitchen!... More Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:16	Saltymike
	southern style fried pies

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Ingredients

PASTRY: 2 cup sifted flour

¼ tsp salt (see note at butter)

½ cup butter (if using salted butter, reduce salt above)

6 Tbsp ice water

powdered sugar

FILLING: 4 large Granny Smith apples

½ stick butter (lightly salted is OK)

½ cup loosely packed light brown sugar

2 tsp ground cinnamon

dash allspice

Directions

PASTRY: Sift flour with salt into mixing bowl. Cut in butter. Add enough ice water to make a stiff dough.

Work with half of the dough at a time. Roll out to approx. ¼ inch thickness or less.

Cut squares of pastry approx. 4 inches on each side. Set aside while preparing filling.

FILLING: Peel and core apples and cut into small pieces about ½ inch thick

Melt butter in a heavy skillet on medium high heat. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, and allspice. Stir to dissolve sugar.

Add apples to the mixture, stir to coat well and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until apples are fork tender but remain in wedges.

PIES: Assemble all pies as below before frying. In a skillet, place 1½ cups oil and bring to temperature on medium high heat.

Place about a tablespoon or two of apples on one side of each square of pastry.

Fold each pie into a triangle. Lightly dampen the edges with ice water and use a fork to press and seal the edges together.

Prick each side of each pie with a fork 2-3 times.

Fry the pies in the hot oil until brown on each side.

Drain well on a paper towel and sprinkle tops with powdered sugar while pies are still hot.

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Comments

lor 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Oh, now you're tempting me. I know these pies and they are just so darn good. I never had the recipe for them and now I feel so privileged.
Cheers!!!

greekgirrrl 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yummy! I have a recipe that is similar but with sweet cheese filling

tupelohoney17 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Well. I'm headed for Apple Country and I have family with orchards...so this will be fun to make since we all love Apples! Thanks for the great recipe..sounds like there were a lot of fond memories built into this one..

rosemaryblue 1 year, 10 months ago said:
So, so delicious. My grandmother always made them too, and after they were fried, she would "pile" them high on a large white platter. They didn't last long. The tradition lives on with me. And they never last long. Sometimes, I use apricots and peaches. Thanks for sharing about your grandmother and her fried pies! :)

knoxcop 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Oh, wow Dude. There's a little lady just up the hill from me here that makes fried pies every year. Then she has a yard sale. She sells more pies than she does junk, lol! These are just the most wonderful, comforting things. Thanks for this one!
--Kn0x--

sirshawnthebrewer 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Great post Mike!! :)
My Aunt Violet used to make these.
Luckily for me my Uncle Bill was a Southerner from Knoxville.
A lot of great Southern recipes came from that side of the family.:)

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Great recipe, Mike! My mother and grandmother both used to make these. Us kids couldn't wait to eat them and we'd burn the heck out of our mouths, but it was worth it - ha! Sometimes, if my mom doubled the batch and actually had any last for more than an hour, she'd make a light confectioners sugar glaze and drizzle it over the warm pies with a fork. Wow. I haven't had these pies in years...and just the thought of them brings back so many wonderful memories. Thanks for the post! =)

angelgirl94 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Gonna go fry me some pies! Great recipe. Thanks for sharing. :)

hollydayz 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Where have I been??? I have never had these!!! Based on everyones comments...I must!!!
I think my family will like this.

cheryilyn 1 year, 10 months ago said:
These sound wonderful, I have heard of them but have never had one.

divaliscious 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Man, to think I grew up on McDonald's fried apple pie - and worse ) thought they invented it!
Well I am glad I have learned something new...and like hollydays above... I too feel underprivileged for not growing up with these..or not having an auntie or grandma who made these - I must start a new tradition!