Apple Fried Pies

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 apples, mcintosh, peeled, cored, and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 (8 count) package ready to bake refrigerated biscuit dough (8 biscuits)
• canola oil, for deep frying

Recipe

• 1 for the filling: add butter to a large saute pan and melt; add apples, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice and cook over medium heat until the apples are soft, about 15 minutes; remove from heat and cool.
• 2 when the filling is cool, roll the biscuits out on a lightly floured surface so that each biscuit form a 7 to 8-inch circle.
• 3 place 2 to 3 tablespoons of the filling on 1/2 of each circle; brush the edges of the circle with water. fold the circle over the filling to make a half-moon shapes. seal the edges, by pressing the edges with the tines of a fork; this is inportant.
• 4 heat a deep fryer or a deep pot halfway filled with oil to 350°.
• 5 carefully add the pie to the oil, 1 at a time and fry until golden brown, turning the pie as necessary for even browning, about 5 to 8 minutes. drain on paper towels; sprinkle with powdered sugar immediately.