Berry best fried pies
10 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| ½ | cup | Water |
| 2 | cups | Fresh OR frozen blueberries |
| 2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Vegetable oil |
| ⅓ | cup | Buttermilk |
| Cooking oil for frying | ||
Directions
DOUGH
In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and water; add berries. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes; set aside to cool. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Combine oil and buttermilk; stir into dry ingredients until mixture forms a ball.
Roll on a floured board to ⅛-in thickness; cut into ten (10) 4-½ inch circles. Place 1 Tbps blueberry filling on each circle. Fold over; seal edges with a fork. In a skillet over medium heat, fry pies in ¼ to ½ inch hot oil until golden brown, about 1½ minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
YIELD: 10 servings
Recipe by: Sharon Garrison (ToH Oct/Nov 96) Posted to EAT-L Digest by "Iris E. Dunaway" <hister@...> on Sep 7, 1997