Recipe courtesy of Curtis Aikens
Mama's Fried Pies
- Yield: 6 pastries
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 6 servings
- Calories
- 837
- Total Fat
- 47
- Saturated Fat
- 7
- Carbohydrates
- 99
- Dietary Fiber
- 5
- Sugar
- 49
- Protein
- 8
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 480
- Total: 1 hr 10 min
- Prep: 40 min
- Cook: 30 min
Ingredients
8 ounces dried peaches
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons margarine
1 homemade pie crust, recipe follows, or substitute with ready-made biscuit dough
Oil, for frying
Homemade Pie Crust:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice-cold water
Directions
- Cook fruit in water until tender. Drain and mix with sugar and margarine. Mash well. Refrigerate overnight if possible. Roll out homemade piecrust dough and cut into saucer-sized circles.
- Spoon fruit onto circles and fold over into crescent shapes, then close the edges completely with a fork. Fry until golden brown. Place fried pies on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
- Variations: For baked pies, place crescents on a lightly-greased baking sheet in a 400 degree oven until golden brown.
- For apple pies, use dried apples and add apple pie spice (or nutmeg and cinnamon) and vanilla to taste.
- For prune pies, use dry, pitted prunes and add vanilla to taste.
Homemade Pie Crust:
- Place the flour and a dash of salt in a mixing bowl. Add the shortening and cut it in with a pastry blender or use your hands, as I do. Add the water, a teaspoon at a time, kneading until the dough is smooth.