How I make fried apple pies

[Native Hunter]

Start with dried apples. Any apples will work but I like those on the tart side best. 2 gallons of dried apples make roughly 40 pies.




Cook the apples. Add any spices you want. I like cinnamon and sometimes a little sugar. You have to add lots of water as they cook. Mash with a potato masher.





Make your dough the same way you make biscuit dough.








Fry until golden brown. I make 40 pies at a time. I freeze the ones we don’t eat that day. Later thaw in a microwave and then put in a toaster oven to bring back the crispy edges.

 

[catscratch]

Those look great!!!

What's the purpose of using dried apples instead of fresh?

 

[Native Hunter]

Those look great!!!

What's the purpose of using dried apples instead of fresh?

You could do the same thing with fresh apples, and the pies are good. But, the dried apples have a unique taste that some people really like better.

Using dried apples for pies is something old timers did for a special winter treat. They couldn’t go anywhere and buy fresh apples in the winter, but they could use their own apples that they had dried.

I think that this is the main reason it got to be such a common thing in the south. When I talk to nearly anyone around here who is 60+ years old, they have fond memories of pies with dried apples.

 

[1100LT20]

Start with dried apples. Any apples will work but I like those on the tart side best. 2 gallons of dried apples make roughly 40 pies.

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Cook the apples. Add any spices you want. I like cinnamon and sometimes a little sugar. You have to add lots of water as they cook. Mash with a potato masher.


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Make your dough the same way you make biscuit dough.

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Fry until golden brown. I make 40 pies at a time. I freeze the ones we don’t eat that day. Later thaw in a microwave and then put in a toaster oven to bring back the crispy edges.

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I want 3 right now!

 

[Native Hunter]

I want 3 right now!

You better start out with just two. I wouldn’t want you to overheat!!