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Apple Turnovers

Source of Recipe

Marla


List of Ingredients

Deep Fried Apple Turnovers


2 c. dried apples
1/2 c. sugar
2 T. butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
pastry for 2 (9 inch) pies (you'll need a
good pastry dough)

Pastry

2 1/4 c. flour
2/3 c. shortening or lard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. cold water


Recipe


Soak dried apples in 1 1/2 cups warm water.

Cook until tender.

Drain off most of juice.

Add sugar, butter and cinnamon to apples.

Roll out pastry as for pies, cut into 4- to 5-inch circles.

Place several spoonfuls of apples on half of circle; moisten edges and then fold over half of the circle.

Press together edges securely.

Fry in deep fat fryer at 375 degrees for about 4 minutes, until brown on both sides.


Cook's notes: As my mother did, you may bake them for about 20 minutes at 375 degrees. I, as my granny did, pan fry mine in 1 inch of oil in an iron skillet.

Brown on one side; flip and brown on the other. Stay with them so they don't burn.

Pastry

Combine flour and salt; cut in shortening or lard with a pastry blender or two knives. Blend until particles are the size of peas. Add water - a little at a time - until all flour is damp. Knead just a little on floured board.

Roll out and cut in circles with a saucer, or use as one whole crust for regular pie.

Cook's note: You will need to do this recipe twice for fried dried apple pies.



Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 2437 Calories; 185g Fat (65.5% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 215g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 497mg Cholesterol; 2025mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 7 1/2 Fruit; 37 Fat; 6 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.