This recipe for Fried Apple Pies is made using dried apples and homemade crusts. They are either deep fried or fried in a skillet like my Mama used to make years ago. The only difference is I did not dry the apples and she dried her own apples. There is a recipe for Easy Fried Apple Pies using canned biscuits and Luck’s apples on the site, too. They are both good but this one reminds me of the times I watched Mama frying these pies in a kitchen with no air conditioning or on a cold winter day using the dried apples from summer.
Apple Pie Filling
2 (4.5 ounce) packages dried apples
3 cups water
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cover dried apples with water and cook on top of the stove over medium heat for about 15 to 20 minutes until water is almost all absorbed by the apples. Add the white sugar, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Continue cooking another five to 10 minutes while stirring and mashing the apples until they look like pie filling. Remove and set aside to cool.
Dough for Pie Crusts
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
Water – 1 cup more or less
Cut shortening into flour until looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle in salt. Add water a little at a time until you can form a dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and roll to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut dough into circles about 7 inches across. (I use a plastic bowl) Your circles can be smaller if you want. I just like a good sized fried pie. Fill each circle with about 2 tablespoons of the apples. Moisten the edges of the circle with some water on your fingers. Fold over and seal. Use a fork to crimp the edges of the pies together.
Cooking the Pies
Oil – Enough to be about 1/2 inch deep in your skillet (I use Canola oil)
It is easier for me to use two slotted spatulas to lower the pies into the oil. You can use whatever works for you. Fry pies until a golden brown on each side. Remove and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
This makes about 12 fried pies. Enjoy!
Note: If you have any filling left over, it’s great for breakfast on my homemade buttermilk biscuits!
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Wow! These. Look. So. Good!! I have to make them when my “kids” come over next week!! Cannot wait!
Can’t wait to try this recipe, one of the ladies at our church used to make them but she passed away. She was wonderful. I will think of her when I make these. Thank you.
My Mother made fried pies when we were little, hers were apricot.We loved them. After all the fuss about fried pies and oil she started baking them. Still good but not as good as fried.
My aunt Shirley and the other ladies in the “Ladies Willing Worker Band” made these by the 100s to make monies for our church (maybe once a month) & delivered them to your house. I remember coming home from school and opening the screen door, to find a paper bag with a 1/2 dozen or so in waxed paper sacks -STILL WARM.Y-m-m! They can be made using seasoned/sweetened applesauce and canned seasoned peaches, too. (or any kind of ready-to-bake fruit pie filling-cherry, etc. One of my favorite childhood memories. This is back when the milkman brought milk in bottles with the cream on the top…What an after school snack!
Oh my, you brought back memores on this cold and windy late afternoon. My mother made these often and I have never tried.
Wish I lived near you….
Mama made her fried pies with the packaged dried fruit, and they were the best. This is how I make mine, except I use canned cherries for cherry fried pies. Thanks…..
In what section would you find “dried apples” and if you wanted to dry the apples yourself – how do you go about that? Thanks.
I found them in Walmart. I think they were near the raisins and such but can’t be sure. You have to put them in the hot sun, spread out on something outside or use one of the food drying machines.
How many cups of dried apples are in 2 (4.5 oz) packages? I’ve dried my own apples
If you consider 8 ounces in a cup, it would be a little over a cup of dried apples.
When you say “shortening” are you talking about crisco or butter? Thanks for posting the recipe, I can’t wait to try it!
Crisco.
My Aunt brings to reunion, everyone gets theirs before main meal, I make them too. My Grandmother made them then she took milk and added sugar and cinnamon to milk, put pie in a dish poured milk over and it was yummy!!
I have made these and they turned out great. My question is storing them. When I put them on a plate and cover them with saran wrap they turn doughy and don’t last very long. I saw where someone used wax paper. Is that the best way? Any suggestions welcome.
I put mine in a plastic container in the fridge. Then, reheat in the microwave.