Since my blog is called Fried Pies & Fireflies,
I thought it's probably time to share the recipe
that has been my inspiration!
Our Fried Peach Pies!
The dough is easy to work with and not sticky at all.
You can fill the dough with any filling of your choice--
we've used chocolate, coconut cream, lemon, pumpkin, sweet potato, apple...and so on!
Wanted to share these beautiful pictures of
Granny Phillips and my Mom.
So many times, I watched them making the fried pies--
and so many other delicious food in the kitchen!
So thankful for those wonderful memories!
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Our Signature Fried Peach Pies
Dough:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 TBSP Butter Flavor Crisco
1 egg yolk
4 TBSP sugar
1 --5 oz can evaporated milk
Mix dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Cut in the crisco or you can use your dough hook for the mixer.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Roll out thin and cut in circles for the pies.
I use a 3 inch cutter and make small pies
but you can use a 5 inch as well.
This dough makes 14 small pies and uses 1/2 of the filling below.
If you use a larger cutter such as the 5 inch,
you should use all the filling.
Peach Filling:
3 cups fresh peaches, peeled and slices
1/4 cup dried peaches, cut into slivers
1 cup sugar
Combine and cook over medium low heat
about 30 minutes until thickened.
Set aside to cool.
Cut the dough into the circle size of your choice
and flatten a little more.
Put a good amount of filling onto the center of the dough circle and gently fold over. Crimp the edges with a fork to seal.
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 TBSP Butter Flavor Crisco
1 egg yolk
4 TBSP sugar
1 --5 oz can evaporated milk
Mix dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Cut in the crisco or you can use your dough hook for the mixer.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Roll out thin and cut in circles for the pies.
I use a 3 inch cutter and make small pies
but you can use a 5 inch as well.
This dough makes 14 small pies and uses 1/2 of the filling below.
If you use a larger cutter such as the 5 inch,
you should use all the filling.
Peach Filling:
3 cups fresh peaches, peeled and slices
1/4 cup dried peaches, cut into slivers
1 cup sugar
Combine and cook over medium low heat
about 30 minutes until thickened.
Set aside to cool.
Cut the dough into the circle size of your choice
and flatten a little more.
Put a good amount of filling onto the center of the dough circle and gently fold over. Crimp the edges with a fork to seal.
Heat about 1 inch of oil in frying pan or you can use your deep fryer. Fry a couple at a time only, unless you have someone helping you-- they cook and burn quickly!
Let them drain on a cooling rack and enjoy!
You can add a glaze or dust with powdered sugar if you like,
but we just eat them "as is" and they are delicious!
The Ingredients:
Look at these beautiful peaches I put in the freezer
last summer for such a time as this!
last summer for such a time as this!
The simple filling ingredients..
Take about 4 of the dried peach halves and cut into tiny strips...
Put the peaches, sugar adn dried peach strips into a saucepan...
cook the peach mixture about 30 minutes on medium
low heat until slightly thickened...
oh, my, they smell soooo good!
Meanwhile, make the dough...
Place flour into mixing bowl and stir in
butter crisco with dough hook...
Add the salt...
the baking powder...
the egg yolk...
the sugar...
and the evaporated milk...
Let the dough hook do it's job...
See?...
Perfect!
This is my favorite "rolling pin" my Aunt Shirley left for me :)
It's better than anything I've ever used for dough...
I should invest in a cutter, but glasses were good enough for Momma and Granny, so I guess they're good enough for me!
I flattened the circle a little more...
Heat the oil...
Get the filling ready to make the pies...
Beautiful!
Fold the dough over gently and crimp with a fork...
and then I go back the other way and crimp again...
Gently lay the pie in the hot oil...
Turn it gently when it gets brown...
Drain on the cooling rack...
Soon you have an abundance!
Pretty pies on your serving plate!
Look at that yummy filling!
Hope you enjoy!
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