Easy Fried Pies

Ingredients

• 2 quarts dried apples
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp allspice
• 1 stick of butter
• water to cover apple mixture
• 2 cans Texas style biscuits
• flour (for rolling out biscuits)
• shortening (for frying) – I use Crisco

Directions

The night before: combine dried apples,
sugar, allspice, and butter in a saucepan. Cover
with water. Cook on low heat until the water is
cooked out. Be careful to watch during this
process as the apples have a tendency to stick.

An alternative: cook in a pressure cooker.
Refrigerate the apple mixture overnight.

The next day: The fruit mixture should
be very cold.

Roll out the canned biscuits on a
floured surface. Get them as big (thin) as
possible.

Add the cold fruit mixture to one half
of the rolled out biscuit leaving room along the
edge.

Fold over.

Using a fork, crimp the edges to keep the apple mixture from escaping.

Melt enough shortening (about 1/2 inch)
to cover the bottom of an electric skillet set to
350 – 400 degrees. (A deep frying pan on the
stove may be used, but the electric
skillet tends to maintains a more constant temperature.)
When the shortening reaches the 350 – 400 degree
temperature, add your pies.

Fry each side to a golden brown. Drain on paper towels and enjoy!