2 C. self rising flour
1 T. white sugar
1/4 C. lard or shortening
milk
For the filling:
6 oz. dried apples
water
1 C. white sugar
oil for preparation
In a bowl mix the flour and sugar, cut within the lard employing a pastry liquidizer or two forks till breakable. Add in barely enough milk to create a dough. Knead simply a trifle, cowl with wrapping and place within the refrigerator for one hour. Meanwhile, place the dried apples in a very pot and canopy with water. Stir within the sugar and convey to a boil. cut back heat to medium and cook till the apples ar nice and tender and may be attenuated with a fork. Add additional water, if needed, to stay them from sticking out and burning on the lowest. Once tender, take away from heat.
Take half the dough and place it on an honest floured surface. mistreatment your hands press it resolute a disk like form then use a dough roller and roll it terribly skinny. Use a saucer or a 5" kitchen utensil and cut the dough into rounds. Continue this till you have got all the rounds that the dough can create. Take every spherical and place two spoonful's of the apple filling on the lower [*fr1]. Fold the highest [*fr1] over and with a floured fork pinch round the edge to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Heat 1/2" oil to three hundred degrees in a very giant frypan (I used Nannies electrical skillet). Place a number of within the oil and fry till nice and golden on one aspect, flip and do identical with the opposite. Drain on a paper sack. Repeat with remaining pies. Makes approx. 8-10 pies.