Peach Fried Or Baked Pies Recipes

Steps:

• To Make Crust: In a large bowl, mix together flour and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Mix in milk and stir until dough forms a ball. Roll out dough and cut into 18 6-inch circles. Set aside.
• To Make Filling: In a large saucepan, combine apricots, peaches, and sugar. Add enough water to cover fruit. Cover pan and cook over low heat until fruit is falling apart. Remove lid and continue to cook until water is evaporated.
• Place oil or shortening in small high-sided skillet. Place over medium heat. Spoon equal amounts of filling into each pastry circle and fold in half. Seal pastry with a fork dipped in cold water.
• Fry a few pies at a time in hot oil, browning on both sides. Drain pies on paper towels.

Steps:

• Combine all filling ingredients; set aside.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add butter and work with pastry blender or hands until mixture resembles cornmeal.
• Add ice water; mix lightly to form dough ball.
• Divide dough into two equal parts.
• Roll out each portion (on lightly floured board) to 1/16" thick (slightly thicker than a tortilla).
• Cut dough out in 5" circles using cookie cutter, lid from 1Q plastic container, etc.
• Each ball of dough should make 3 to 4 circles.
• Place 1 Tbsp of filling in the center of each dough circle.
• Fold dough in half over the filling.
• Seal edges with a bit of water and crimp with fork.
• Pour 3-4" of canola oil in a deep frying pan.
• Heat on medium high until a scrap of dough sizzles and bubbles when dropped into oil.
• Fry a couple of pies at a time, approx 2-3 min/side, until golden brown.
• Remove to paper-towel lined plate, drain, and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
• Pies can also be baked in the oven:.
• Grease baking sheet or line with parchment paper; preheat oven to 375°F.
• Make an egg wash of 2 Tbsp water beaten together with 1 egg.
• Place pies on the baking sheet and brush tops with egg wash.
• Bake 15 min or until golden brown; sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

Steps:

• To prepare the pie dough, beat together the butter, sugar, and salt for 3 minutes on medium speed in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the egg and beat for 30 seconds. Add the flour and water and beat for 15 seconds. Turn off the machine, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and beat again for 10 seconds. Sccop up the dough with your hands and form it into a 1-inch thick disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a medium-sized saute pan. Saute the peaches and sugar until the sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add the jam or preserves, cayenne, and white pepper; cook, stirring frequently, for 3 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 16 by 11-inch rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out 6 5 1/4-inch circles. (For a more free-form shape, divide the dough into six pieces and roll out.) Place the circles on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper. Fill the lower half of each circle with about 1/4 cup of the cooked peaches. Fold the top half of the dough over the filling and crimp the edges securely with a fork. Refrigerate for 20 minutes before frying.
• Heat 2 1/2 inches of vegetable oil to 350 degrees in a heavy 4-quart saucepan. Fry pies 2 or 3 at a time until golden brown, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels. Keep warm in a 200 degree oven until all the pies are fried. Serve immediately with ice cream.

Steps:

• Place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in crisco with pastry cutter or fork.
• Add enough milk to make dough, do not mix too much.
• Let biscuit dough sit for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile take dried peaches and put in sauce pan with enough water to cover and cook until soft.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of sugar and cook 15 minuts more.
• Remove from stove and mash with potato masher; set aside.
• Preheat electric skillet to 300 degrees.
• 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.
• 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.
• Fry pies in skillet until brown, then turn and brown other side.
• Drain on paper towels.
• These pies can be eaten warm or stored in a container and eaten the next day room temperature they are awesome either way.