Fried Peach Pies

Name: Fried Peach Pies
Yield: Makes 8 hand pies
Ingredients: 4 ripe, peaches, peeled, halved, pitted, and cut into 1/2-inch wedges, or 20 ounces frozen peaches; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), sugar; 3/4 teaspoon plus ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 2 quarts, peanut or vegetable oil, for frying

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2016, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Dessert Pies

After sampling this unbelievably delicious Alabama specialty, even the fry-shy wanted in on the act.

SERVESMakes 8 hand pies

TIME2 hours, plus 20 minutes chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To replicate the deep-fried peach hand pies from Peach Park in Clanton, Alabama, we needed a tender, crumbly crust that was still sturdy enough to be portable. To achieve that, we deviated from traditional pie dough technique (cutting cold ...

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