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Old fashioned Fried Apple Hand Pies, just like my Daddy use to make. He called them Applejacks. We're making them from scratch and using dried apples.

Applejack Fried Apple Hand Pies Recipe

Apple Slices, chopped

water

Sugar

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Tablespoons Salted Butter

Cooking oil

Place dried apple pieces in a medium bowl and cover with water.

Let the apple slices soak overnight to re-hydrate and absorb the water.

Next Day:  Place apples and any liquid in a medium sized sauce pan.

Add enough water to again just cover the apples.

Place the pot on Medium heat on the stove top and let come to a low boil.

Reduce heat to Medium-Low and simmer until mixture thickens. About one hour.

Remove from heat, add butter, stir until butter is dissolved.

Let cool completely before making hand pies.

Prepare dough according to our Mama’s Buttermilk Biscuits recipe.

Pinch off a small amount of dough, just bigger than a golf ball.

Place the dough ball on a floured board and roll it out into a thin circle about 8 inches in diameter.

Place about two Tablespoons of the cooled filling on the circle of dough.

Place a little water around the edge of the filling.

Fold the dough over on itself, making a half moon shape.

Press the dough together with your fingers.

Use a fork to crimp the edges of the dough.

Heat about ½ inch layer of oil in a cast iron skillet over Medium heat.

Place one or two pies in the skillet at a time.

Fry the pie about two minutes or until golden brown. Flip the pie and fry the other side as well.

Remove when done and place on a wire rack to cool.

My grandmother used to make hand pies like this as well.  She cooked her apples down, so they were soft and sweet.  I have always preferred my apple pies like that too, not the crunchy "hasn't been cooked enough" apple pies out there.  Sometimes my grandmother also baked her hand pies.  I wonder if she used the same recipe as the fried ones?  Have you ever baked your hand pies??

Thanks for the website.  Love the recipes, and enjoy memories about my own grandmother and her wonderful food prepared with love!!

Reading this article I was taken back to my parents' kitchen, watching my daddy make fried apple pies. This recipe is so close to his. He learned how to make them from my grandmother who would also make fried peach pies in the summer. Thank you for this wonderful memory!

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