Fried Pies

Recipes Ingredients:

2 c Flour
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1 ts Salt
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1/2 c Shortening
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1/3 c Water, cold
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-fruit, stewed
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Recipe Instructions:

DIRECTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Converted by MMCONV vers. 1.20