Grace's Fried Pies

1/2 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon Melted shortening
1 egg
1/3 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon soda
Applesauce or Jam

Add melted shortening to sugar.
Add egg and beat well, add the buttermilk to this, alternately with the sifted dry ingredients.
Roll the batter out very thin on a well floured board.
Cut in rounds with a large cookie cutter and on each round drop a teaspoon of well seasoned applesauce or jam.
Moisten the edges, fold the pies over and press the edges together.
Fry in deep fat at 375 degrees, drain and dust with confectioner sugar.

Mary Rink Harbinson

 


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