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Fried Pies


Title: Fried Pies
Categories: Penndutch, Pies
Yield: 1 Servings

2 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Shortening
1/3 c Water, cold
Fruit, stewed

Sift the flour and salt together, cut in the shortening and mix with hands.
Add water. Roll out about 1/8 inch thick on a floured board. Cut with a
large cookie cutter about 4 inches in diameter. In each round, place 1 1/2
Tbsp sweetened mashed fruit (dried apricots, peaches, prunes or thick apple
sauce). Moisten edges with cold water, fold to make semi-circle and press
edges together with a fork. Fry in deep fat. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch
Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.

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