As a child, my family and I would roam all over the area, plucking wild raspberries and strawberries to make these. We'd then go to my grandmother's house and make them and serve them up with vanilla ice cream. Berry Berry nummy!! Almost any fruit can be used for this. Use your imagination!
Mama's Fried Pies
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
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:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice-cold water
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.
Yield: 1 pie crust
Mama's Fried Pies
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
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:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup ice-cold water
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.
Yield: 1 pie crust
