Old Fashioned Fried Peach Pies Food

FRIED PEACH PIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift together flour and salt.
• Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles large crumbs.
• Add water and stir until a dough begins to form.
• Turn dough out onto a work surface and begin kneading until you have a soft, uniform ball of dough. (dough will be very crumbly at first)
• Cut dough into 8 equal size pieces and roll into a ball.
• Place dough balls on a baking sheet and press them into a disc. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes or until ready to use.
• In a large saucepan, add peaches, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Toss to coat peaches in sugar.
• Bring to a simmer over medium heat until peaches are tender enough to mash.
• Mash the peaches (I like to mash some and then cut the rest into small chunks)
• Allow the peaches to continue simmering until thickened and the juices have dissolved.
• Stir in butter and lemon juice.
• Stir in cornstarch if needed.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together powdered sugar and milk until silky. (may need to add more milk)
• Stir in a pinch of salt and vanilla extract. Set aside until ready to use.
• To assemble the pies, roll a dough ball out to about 5-6 inches wide.
• Place 2 tablespoons of peach filling in the center.
• Fold the dough over the peach filling and press the edges of the dough together firmly.
• Use a pizza cutter to trim the edges to make them neater.
• Crimp the edges with a fork to further seal the pie. Repeat these steps with the rest of the pies.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or deep skillet to 350 F.
• Once the oil is hot, carefully place 2-3 pies in the oil and fry until lightly golden, about 3-4 minutes. (flip midway if needed)
• Place fried pies on a cooling rack.
• When the pies are done frying, brush one side with the glaze. Then, once the glaze has hardened, brush them once again.
• Serve once the final glaze has hardened.

OLD-FASHIONED PEACH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a 9" pastry dish with one of the crusts.
• Combine sugar, flour, nutmeg and salt and whisk to blend. Add this to the peaches. Sprinkle on lemon juice and almond extract.
• Pour into the pastry-lined pan. Dot with butter.
• Adjust top crust, crimp edges and cut steam vents, or use a lattice top.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until crust is browned and peaches are tender.

OLD-FASHIONED PEACH PIE

Steps:

• To make crust in food processor: Stir water and yolk in a 1-cup measure or small bowl to blend.
• Pulse flour and butter until coarse crumbs form. With motor running, add yolk mixture. Process just until dough leaves sides of bowl. Remove blade, then dough.
• By hand: Mix water and yolk as above. Put flour in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add yolk mixture; stir with a fork until crumbs clump together to form a dough.
• Gather dough into a ball, flatten into a disk, wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes, or until firm enough to roll out.
• Filling:.
• Mix sugar and flour in a large bowl. Add peaches and sprinkle with lemon juice; toss until evenly coated with sugar mixture.
• Streusel:.
• Put ingredients in a small bowl. Work with fingers or a fork to form coarse crumbs.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Have ready a 9-inch pie plate and foil-lined baking sheet.
• On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the dough into a 12-inch circle. Fit into pie plate.
• Roll overhang of crust up over edges to form an even rim. Flute or crimp edge.
• Spoon in filling, then sprinkle with streusel.
• Place pie on lined baking sheet (to catch any drips).
• Bake 45-50 minutes until pastry is golden-brown and peaches are tender when pierced. Remove to wire rack. Cool at least 1 hour before serving.
• Tip: To peel peaches easily, immerse them in boiling water 20-30 seconds, then immediately plunge them into ice water to stop cooking. Peel off skin with your fingers or a small knife.

FRIED PEACH PIE

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.

MAMA'S FRIED PIES

Steps:

• Cook fruit in water until tender. Drain and mix with sugar and margarine. Mash well. Refrigerate overnight if possible. Roll out homemade piecrust dough and cut into saucer-sized circles.
• Spoon fruit onto circles and fold over into crescent shapes, then close the edges completely with a fork. Fry until golden brown. Place fried pies on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
• Variations: For baked pies, place crescents on a lightly-greased baking sheet in a 400 degree oven until golden brown.
• For apple pies, use dried apples and add apple pie spice (or nutmeg and cinnamon) and vanilla to taste.
• For prune pies, use dry, pitted prunes and add vanilla to taste.
• Place the flour and a dash of salt in a mixing bowl. Add the shortening and cut it in with a pastry blender or use your hands, as I do. Add the water, a teaspoon at a time, kneading until the dough is smooth.

FRIED PIES

Steps:

• To make the pastry, mix together the flour, granulated sugar and salt. Cut in 1 cup of the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1 of the eggs and the buttermilk and stir until it just comes together. Add a little more buttermilk if needed. Form it into a ball and refrigerate for at least an hour.
• To make the pies, roll the pastry out into a large square. Trim the edges to make a rectangle. Cut into 8 to 10 long rectangles, using a butter knife.
• Spoon a tablespoon or so of filling into the top half of one of the rectangles.
• Use the remaining beaten eggs to seal the edges by folding the bottom half of the rectangle over the top. Then crimp the edges shut with a fork. Repeat with the other pies, filling half with apple pie filling and half with cherry pie filling.
• Heat shortening in a medium, deep saucepan over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F. Fry the pies until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove and immediately drain on paper towels.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

SOUTHERN FRIED PEACH PIES

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.