Description
Little fried apple pies.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup shortening, chilled
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cold water
- 2 apples
- ¼ cup white sugar, or to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Make pastry: Sift flour and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in shortening with 2 knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add cold water
- 1 tablespoon at a time
- tossing with a fork
- until flour mixture is moistened. Do not add more water than you need: when you squeeze a handful of moistened pastry mixture
- it should form a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Make filling: Place apples in a saucepan. Combine sugar and cinnamon; pour over apples and toss to coat. Cook
- covered
- in a saucepan on low heat until soft; mash with a fork to make thick applesauce. Set aside to cool.
- Roll dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thick; cut out eight 4-inch rounds with a large cookie cutter.
- Place 1 heaping tablespoon of applesauce in the center of each pastry round. Moisten edges with cold water
- fold in half
- and press the edge with a fork to seal. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Lower pies carefully into the hot oil in batches. Fry until golden brown
- about 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Repeat with remaining pies.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 8