Oklahoma: Fried Pie

In case you were wondering, the only thing more American than fried apple pie, is fried apple pie with ice cream.

This week brought us to Oklahoma where the fried pies are the chosen dessert. I found a seemingly easy recipe and was excited to dive in.

That was a bit of sarcasm. I hate dicing apples and making pie crusts. This recipe had both. Regardless, I sucked it up and prepared myself for the task on hand.

First up... Dicing the apples. Three apples later, it was done. Thank goodness... I almost broke a sweat.

Next came the pie crust. Pie crusts are finicky and delicate. I do not enjoy them.

But with (what I thought) the hardest parts out of the way, I moved on to filling and frying. The making the filling part was easy... Cook the apples in spices, water, and sugar. Easy enough.

Then came the filling. I thought I hated dicing and pie crusts... No. Filling the dreaded crusts with the dreaded diced apples, was an arduous task. The syrup from the apples kept making the dough essentially dissolve. These bad boys were definitely not very pretty before frying and I was over it by the time I filled them all. Who has time to do all of this?!

After all the pies were done frying, I topped them with some cinnamon and sugar. The recipe didn't call for it, but it was a perfect addition.

Overall, these bad boys were D-E-L-I-S-H. The finished product (see first picture) was made even more delicious with the addition of ice cream and some of the excess filling as a topping. I would definitely love to have these again, as long as I am not the one making them.

Love,

Amanda

Recipe: http://www.grouprecipes.com/106453/grandma-nancys-fried-apple-pie.html

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