Southern Fried Peach Pies Recipe!

 

Makes 6-10 pies

 

Ingredients:

For dough

2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Crisco
milk
butter

For filling

6 ounces dried peaches
water
1 1/2 cups sugar
oil (for frying)

Directions:

1 Place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
 

2 Cut in crisco with pastry cutter or fork.
 

3 Add enough milk to make dough, do not mix too much.
 

4 Let biscuit dough sit for 1 hour.
 

5 Meanwhile take dried peaches and put in sauce pan with enough water to cover and cook until soft.
 

6 Add 1 1/2 cups of sugar and cook 15 minuts more.
 

7 Remove from stove and mash with potato masher; set aside.
 

8 Preheat electric skillet to 300 degrees.
 

9 Take biscuit dough and pull enough off for one pie, roll it out thin on floured board. Take a saucer, place on rolled out dough and trim around it with a sharp knife.
 

10 Place two big spoons of peaches on one side of dough and lap the other side over in half moon shape. Seal the edges with a fork.
 

11 Fry pies in skillet until brown, then turn and brown other side.
 

12 Drain on paper towels.
 

13 These pies can be eaten warm or stored in a container and eaten the next day room temperature they are awesome either way.

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/southern-fried-peach-pies-133397