Fried Peach Pies
Yields: 1 dozen hand pies
Ingredients
- Dough:
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons confectioners’ sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
- 4 tablespoons cold lard, diced
- ½ cup ice water
- Filling:
- 4 large fresh peaches, peeled, pitted, and finely chopped
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg Vegetable oil for frying
- Garnish: confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, confectioners' sugar, and salt. With a pastry blender, cut in butter and lard until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle in ice water 1 tablespoon at a time. Blend with hands, working quickly.
- Divide dough in half, and shape into 2 disks. Wrap each in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until needed.
- In a medium saucepan, combine peaches, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg for filling; cook over medium heat until peaches are tender, approximately 30 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool completely.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 disk of dough to ⅛-inch thickness. Using a 4 ½-inch round cutter, cut out 6 rounds, and set aside. Repeat process with remaining dough, rerolling scraps only once.
- Place approximately 1 tablespoon peach filling in the center of each round. Fold rounds in half, pressing edges together with a fork or a pastry wheel to seal. Refrigerate pies for 1 hour.
- Fill a Dutch oven two-thirds full with oil. Heat to 350° over medium heat. Fry chilled pies, no more than 3 at a time, until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels and keep warm.
- Before serving, garnish with confectioners’ sugar, if desired.
OMG…these are amazing. I rarely find tried and true recipes online but the filling just couldn’t be better. Honestly I used biscuits because I was in a hurry(and had 3 little girls helping me…granddaughters) but I WILL definitely try your pie crust as well because everything else in your recipe was perfect. Thank you! kin
Hi Micki! We love getting this kind of love from our readers. You are so very welcome.
Well, I have to tell you I RAVED about this recipe.Most of the recipes I found had dried fruit…preserves, whatever. This was absolutely perfect! It’s worth 10 stars! Thanks so much! Tomorrow I’m going to try the pies with Apple!…but I’ve gotta try a couple of peach again.