Southern Fried Peach Pies

• For dough
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup Crisco
• milk
• butter
• For filling
• 6 ounces dried peaches
• water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• oil (for frying)

1. Place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
2. Cut in crisco with pastry cutter or fork.
3. Add enough milk to make dough, do not mix too much.
4. Let biscuit dough sit for 1 hour.
5. Meanwhile take dried peaches and put in sauce pan with enough water to cover and cook until soft.
6. Add 1 1/2 cups of sugar and cook 15 minuts more.
7. Remove from stove and mash with potato masher; set aside.
8. Preheat electric skillet to 300 degrees.
9. Take biscuit dough and pull enough off for one pie, roll it out thin on floured board. Take a saucer, place on rolled out dough and trim around it with a sharp knife.
10. Place two big spoons of peaches on one side of dough and lap the other side over in half moon shape. Seal the edges with a fork.
11. Fry pies in skillet until brown, then turn and brown other side.
12. Drain on paper towels.
13. These pies can be eaten warm or stored in a container and eaten the next day room temperature they are awesome either way.

flour, baking powder, salt, crisco, milk, butter, peaches, water, sugar, oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/southern-fried-peach-pies-133397 (may not work)