MIMMIES FRIED APPLE PIES
From saltymike 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 16
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!
Ingredients
- PASTRY: 2 cup sifted flour shopping list
- ¼ tsp salt (see note at butter) shopping list
- ½ cup butter (if using salted butter, reduce salt above) shopping list
- 6 Tbsp ice water shopping list
- powdered sugar shopping list
- FILLING: 4 large granny smith apples shopping list
- ½ stick butter (lightly salted is OK) shopping list
- ½ cup loosely packed light brown sugar shopping list
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon shopping list
- dash allspice shopping list
How to make it
- 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.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
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!!!
lor
in Toronto loved it
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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 pe...more
rosemaryblue
in CollegeTown loved it
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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.:)
sirshawnthebrewer
in Akron loved it
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