Fried Apple Pies

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First of all, two attempts of melting the butter on HIGH heat and adding the brown sugar - burnt both times. Five minutes much too long. I melt the butter on medium heat and added the brown sugar and cooked for only about 2 minutes, then added the brandy. I did exactly as recipe directed and the dough fell apart in the fryer. I think the dough is probably better for baking rather than frying. Wasted the better part of an afternoon, not to mention the ingredients.

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Oh, I forgot that I didn't have the brandy either, so while cooking the apples I added a bit of white grape juice instead. The apples still tasted fantastic.

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My goodness!! We just made these tonight and they are absolutely ridiculously delicious!! All I can say is, if you want to try these, follow the directions EXACTLY, (regarding the crust- comments regarding choice of apple are up to your taste and you will have quite a treat on your hands!

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First of all, let me say that the recipe sounds great. i never saw the episode this was on. i did watch the 4 minute video on here, but it really didn't show much. My wife found the recipe and asked if i would try to make. i looked it over, and the dough recipe didn't seem too different than Alton Brown's "super apple pie" recipe, so, since i have made several of those pies, and they all were great, i thought" i'll use his dough recipe since i have it down"...BIG mistake. While that pie crust works for a baked pie, it is very stiff and does not fold well, nor does it hold together very well in the boiling oil. Only 3 of the 6 pies came close to looking like Mr. Flay's. the other 3 just fell apart.next time i will try the dough directions as they are given on here.
the next mistake i made was using my deep fryer with used oil in it. it had only been used once, but i cooked spicy chicken tenders in it, and there was definately some of that hot flavor on the crust, plus bits of the breading, and now i'm going to have to thoroughly clean my fryer as i'm sure it now has a strong cinnamon flavor to it, so use clean oil...in a different pan! Also, the filling mix is enough to make 20 pies, so i am freezing the left overs and will try to make it bobby's way next time. i did eat one of the pies i made, and it's not bad, it's just not that good either. i'll post an update when i make these correctly.

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anyone have suggestions as to the top crust? I watched the Throw Down & LOVE EF's apple pie. The "farmers" show lard in bottom crust, butter in top. And what about the "special" flour they talk about for the top crust ... cake flour maybe? Has anyone tried a cake flour sugar cookie recipe for the top crust? I'm gonna give it a go, but would like some help.

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i love this apple pie, everyone else who didnt probabby didnt make it right try again becuse this pie is great

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The dough was horrible, not only did it fall apart, but it had no flavor .We wasted about a quart of good oil. and the dough melted in the pan!!!!! THIS IS THE WORST RECIPE I HAVE EVER HAD! the ONLY good thing was the apples, and the sause

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Of the four previous reviews, one person only wanted to say that she didn't want to try Bobby's recipe and would rather have the other one, and two people are very critical even though they didn't bother to try the recipe. Chris, fried pies are a Southern thing, and we also had fried pies in the Midwest. Maybe you should try one sometime before you criticize it out of hand. If the two of you who were so critical had bothered to try the recipe, you might have come up with some relevant comments.

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bobby,

Like your show and recipies- lame on using just Granny smith apples. A New Yorker like your self should have used Northern Spies and another good apple.
Good baking apples holdup better than granny smith.

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We made this recipe last night and it came out fantastic! The filling was flavorful (lots of cinnamon. It will seem like too much when tasting it before cooking but after frying it works out. We had to make a couple of changes based on what we had. We used Cortland for the apples and it only took three of those instead of the 6 in his recipe. I was not going to go out and buy an expensive ingredient like Calvados so we used brandy that we keep on hand, which worked just fine. We also found a good single serving size was half of a pie instead of a whole one.
Finally be careful with the butter, brown sugar and brandy mixture. My first attempt I cooked the butter and brown sugar for the amount of time in the recipe and when I added the brandy the sugar immediately crystallized and had a burnt marshmallow taste. After pitching that out, I melted the butter over medium heat, added the sugar, and just as soon as the sugar dissolved I added the brandy and cooked for a couple minutes.