Baked (Or Fried) Apple Pies

• 2 c. dried apples or peaches
• 3 c. water (add more if needed)
• 2 c. sugar (add more if needed)
• corn oil
• 2 c. self-rising flour
• 1/2 c. Crisco
• 3/4 c. milk

1. Cook apples until done or tender.
2. Mash with a potato masher, add sugar and mix well.
3. Continue to cook until no longer soupy, stirring often.
4. Make a nice rich pastry by mixing flour, Crisco and milk.
5. Roll out dough into balls half the size of a biscuit. On a floured piece of wax paper, roll each ball into a thin circle.
6. Dip a teaspoon into water and moisten edges of circle to make them stick together.
7. Place a heaping tablespoon of fruit on one half of the circle of dough.
8. Fold the other half of circle over the fruit and seal with a fork dipped in flour.
9. Place the pie on a well-greased bread pan.
10. Cook in a 400u0b0 oven until brown on bottom.
11. Brush a teaspoon of corn oil on each pie and turn over and brown on the other side.
12. When done, brush the tops with melted margarine or corn oil.

apples, water, sugar, corn oil, flour, crisco, milk

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=435970 (may not work)