Signature Fried Peach Pies Recipe - Fried Pies & Fireflies

Since my blog is called Fried Pies & Fireflies,

I thought it’s probably time to share the recipe

that has been my inspiration!

Our Fried Peach Pies!

The dough is easy to work with and not sticky at all.

You can fill the dough with any filling of your choice–

we’ve used chocolate, coconut cream, lemon, pumpkin, sweet potato, apple…and so on!

Wanted to share these beautiful pictures of

Granny Phillips and my Mom.

So many times, I watched them making the fried pies–

and so many other delicious food in the kitchen!

So thankful for those wonderful memories!

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Our Signature Fried Peach Pies

Dough:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 TBSP Butter Flavor Crisco
1 egg yolk
4 TBSP sugar
1 –5 oz can evaporated milk
Mix dry ingredients in mixing bowl.
Cut in the crisco or you can use your dough hook for the mixer.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Roll out thin and cut in circles for the pies.
I use a 3 inch cutter and make small pies
but you can use a 5 inch as well.
This dough makes 14 small pies and uses 1/2 of the filling below.
If you use a larger cutter such as the 5 inch,
you should use all the filling. Peach Filling:
3 cups fresh peaches, peeled and slices
1/4 cup dried peaches, cut into slivers
1 cup sugarCombine and cook over medium low heat
about 30 minutes until thickened.
Set aside to cool.

Cut the dough into the circle size of your choice
and flatten a little more.
Put a good amount of filling onto the center of the dough circle and gently fold over. Crimp the edges with a fork to seal.

Heat about 1 inch of oil in frying pan or you can use your deep fryer. Fry a couple at a time only, unless you have someone helping you– they cook and burn quickly!

Let them drain on a cooling rack and enjoy!

You can add a glaze or dust with powdered sugar if you like,

but we just eat them “as is” and they are delicious!

The Ingredients:

Look at these beautiful peaches I put in the freezer
last summer for such a time as this!