Fried Pies & Un-fried Pies in Appalachia

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@Mawmawonthego]

Is your pie dough recipe in this cookbook?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@Mawmawonthego I'm sorry its not. Thank you for your interest!

[@dr.allisongunneph.d.6494]

Friended pies: Mammy my great grandma used some saved cookin grease in her dough recipe. She may have fried them in saved grease. The surprisin thing was that the pies had a fantastic flavor. I always long for one of those pies Mammy made.

[@Sherryrice4149]

I'm thinking about making these in my restaurant. And if I make a lot of them I will have to freeze them. And I was just wondering. Can I make them fresh before I fry them and then put them in the freezer. Without them being fry first.🤔

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@Sherryrice4149 I'm sorry I haven't tried so I don't know for sure, but seems like it would work. 😊 Hopefully someone who knows will chime in 😊

[@homesteadrevivals]

We loved my grandmother's fried pies! I recently found her old hand written recipe. One of my favorite memories was helping my grandmother make mountains of fried pies before an all night tent revival and singin' (my grandfather was a minister). We sold the fried pies at a concession to earn money for the visiting gospel band! What a night it was. The older ladies wore finger curls and had their stockings rolled down, as was popular when they were young. People sang and marched around the open sided tent and everybody went home happy and full of good food.

[@mikeluckett602]

I was going to leave a comment but i drooled all over my phone.😁

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

LOL wipe it with your shirt sleeve....thats what I did😊🐝

[@jenniferstomberger3920]

YES!!! & my heart was racing! Lol I was rewinding and fast forwarding at the same time.

[@cherylfitch2693]

🤪🤣

[@guidosarducci1943]

Ha

[@lisabailes1065]

My granddaddy grew up in eastern Kentucky and then moved to Asheville. He and my Granny moved to eastern North Carolina (where she grew up) when they married after WWII. One thing she always made that our family LOVED was sweet potato fried pies that she called jacks. She used lard to make the dough and fried the jacks to perfection in her electric skillet. I can just taste them now and miss my Granny so very much!

[@newdayfarm9463]

When I was a little girl I remember going with my grandparents to an old bakery in south Austin to buy a brown paper bag of fresh fried pies. They had double screen doors and you could smell the delicious pies as soon as you opened the car door. They were so delicious and it was such a great memory of my childhood. My favorite is a tie between apple and lemon.

[@yedon68]

My Mom made these back in the 50's she usually used 'dried apples' as the filling! I miss 'em and miss MOM as well!

[@e.conboy4286]

Don, I understand! Can’t we almost taste our mothers goodies, tho? Bless your pea-picking’ heart, Bob! ❤️ 🇺🇸 Liz

[@e.conboy4286]

Alice, I haven’t had the privilege of having cherry or blackberry fried pies, but the very thought makes my mouth water!

[@jessestewart169]

Amazing those were the days 40s 50s, and 60s.

[@paulseale8409]

My mom used dried apples as well every holiday. Did your mom make stack cakes with her died apples?

[@yedon68]

@@paulseale8409 Yes every holiday also family reunions & home comings~ I preferred banana pudding...YUM...

[@aleshacasey3159]

Here in Georgia we love peach fried pies.

[@juliehanson6158]

Anything made with peaches is just right for me ☺️

[@veedejames721]

Yes we do. But love fruit pies. Vj

[@elizabethbennet4791]

mmmmmm

[@isabellejaynes4072]

My grandmother made mango dumplings. But they were really little baked pies. My grandpa would pick some mangoes on his walk in the morning. They lived on Maui. It's a memory I cherish.

[@georgiapines7906]

Dear Tipper, Three days ago I sent my "little" brother a long text about my memories of dear Mother making fried pies when I was just a little girl. (My brother is a lot younger than me, and Mother no longer made these delicious little treasures after he was born.) Mother's "go to" filling was raisins! She would cook raisins on the stove until tender, making a sweet, thick syrup and then spooned the raisin filling into the dough rounds. She fried them in a little butter/shortening/oil in one of our well used black cast-iron skillets. Those are beautiful memories of my mother in the kitchen, lovingly making delicious food for her family. I thank God for giving me the gift of this particular video popping up right now, because it was truly a gift and I needed it. He is so Good! Thank you, Tipper.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is great Georgia! Her pies sound just perfect 😀

[@georgiapines7906]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Thank you, Tipper.❤

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Your a Lady after my own heart! Fried pies, is a part of life here in the hills of Arkansas, any kind, even meat pies! I know ladies that bake there's, and they are good! Oh, my mouth is watering We need to get together and cook!! And talk about family and heritage, hopefully, one day You are doing so well, keep up the wonderful videos, God Bless, xoxoxo

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That would be wonderful! Hope you and Mr. Brown have a great week 😀

[@rebeccajones9735]

Hi Ms Lori!!! Fancy meeting you here! I just recently found this lady and I enjoy her too...love you!

[@donnamays24]

Ms Lori! Imagine seeing you here💖

[@andrewlowe2962]

Did you say meat pies ? The world stopped when I read that, now I’m interested. Actually, anything this woman touches turns to gold, and the story is the frosting.

[@sharonquarles1220]

@@andrewlowe2962 We grew up in Louisiana with meat pies as well as fruit pies! Delicious!

[@jimmiepatrum]

I'm familiar with mule-eared chairs, but not mule-eared pies, lol. My mother-in-law made such wonderful fried pies. She fried them in an iron skillet and the crust ended up being very dark, but didn't taste burned at all. I hope when I get to Heaven where I believe she is now, that Jesus will let her make me some fried pies. She would love doing that. Diane in NC (a NC foothills woman)

[@alvinmeeks7710]

Again thanke right kindly young lady, memories of my Grandmother and my Mother making pies and cakes from scratch. Remembering the breakfast strong black coffee, Tennessee chicken (streak o lean) battered and fried, biscuits, eggs, fried potatoes.. now in the twilight of my life, sometimes i forget the things that truly matter

[@marjoriejudge5348]

Mother made these for my dad's lunch for all the years he worked graveyard shift . She made filling from any fruit she could get and even made green tomato mince filling for them . . . if you've had homemade you'd never consider store bought.....thank you for sharing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jhb61249]

My mom made fried pies from time to time. I made a few myself. They never lasted 24 hours. We always had apples, peaches, figs, pears, sweet potatoes, plums, blackberry and raisins and nuts. Mom made chocolate and pecan from scratch. I liked making vanilla, powdered sugar and lemon juice icing drizzled over the pies. Oh my, the years did fly by swiftly.

[@tammycoffeecr]

I have the best childhood memories of eating fried apple hand pies! I'm from Anderson county, SC and my grandmother would take me after church every Sunday to my great grandmother and great aunt's house, they lived together. They would both be busy in the kitchen cooking so much food. The sweets would always be on the end of the counter already made and as I was " just a baby and let her have whatever she wants to eat she's a growing girl" lol my great grandmother would sneak me as many pies as I wanted and didn't fuss over it. I would sneak in to get another one and she would just smile at me. 🤗

[@bobcriss600]

Here in the Philippines they have a food they call “empanada” it is like your fried pie... but the ingredients is a quite different.... has ground pork, a bean that is like kidney beans, potato chunks and sometimes there’s a chunks of pineapple....sometimes peas.... it’s quite delicious! Apple butter would be outstanding!

[@robinlillian9471]

Apple butter with potatoes, kidney beans & peas doesn't sound all that good to me, but to each his own. In India, they make Samosas. People in every country make some sort of small pies.

[@SaltyMinorcan]

oh yum!

[@e.conboy4286]

Bob, these sound delicious! I wish I had some right now! Liz

[@scentlover4841]

In Spain too!

[@arronhope9349]

Empanada. Comes from Spain, Mexico

[@seriousearthling]

Huge lesson on why we need to actually talk to our grannies before they leave us. So wish I had asked my granny why her "mole" was out of this world - think she came from the Oaxaca region in Mexico. Recipe lost forever now. I just want me a fried apple pie right about now regardless of where it came from. Do remind me of fried churros with cinnamon sugar sprinkle and apple/cinnamon filling though.

[@wyominghome4857]

Someone in your family must have her recipe. Ask around.

[@pmay6772]

My mom and aunts will be right there alongside your granny making those wonderful fried pies.

[@RobertSmith-vr9bs]

We use precooked hamburger meat drained off grease .added shredded chz blend. Cut peppers onions and tomatoes .I've even used pico digo.we put in the filling butter both sides of the biscuits fold over and I take a fork to mash together w a fork. Like you. All my grandbabies love there peepaw to make this.

[@larryeddings3185]

There's nothing better than a homemade fried pie and a good cup of coffee. Yours look great!

[@keithcronk7980]

WIT A MOUNTAIN VIEW WIT IT

[@deweywitt9807]

Just like Great Grandma Ally used to make 🥰🥰🥰

[@gailallen2277]

As a child working at the tobacco barn in rural Granville County we were often treated with fried pies usually around 10:00 in the morning. So glad to have grown up in the country.

[@gailsears2913]

I remember my patetnal grandmother (in Arkansas) making fried pies, peach I think. She got cancer when I was about in the 2nd grade so I didn't get a chance to learn much from her. Some memories I have with her include digging up sassafras roots, her making what I've seen called hillbilly goulash, and poke salad in the spring.

[@e.conboy4286]

Sassafras goulash? Interesting. Do you have a recipe? My mother enjoyed poke salad in the spring as well! Small world. ❤️ 🇺🇸 liz

[@gailsears2913]

@@e.conboy4286 Actually sassafras roots are for tea.

[@pmay6772]

My momma loved poke salad. She always look forward to that time of the year and we had it quite often.

[@deadmanswife3625]

Sorry she got cancer so you can't talk with her now

[@nancymcknight8929]

I grew up in Arkansas and my nanny made fried pies too. She usually made apricot ones out of dried apricots. She loved poke sallet and I knew what it looked like and where to find it when I was traipsing around the woods. She was always tickled when I would bring her a mess of them.

[@dcb805]

I have never seen anyone use a “church key” to open sealed lids on a jar.We always used a butter knife or a spoon to wrestle them open.Just shows even an old man like me can learn from your videos. Thank you again for bringing back so many wonderful memories

[@patty4709]

My grandmother made me little apple pies for lunch. I walked home for my lunch as we lived in town. School up on the hill. I can still taste those pies. If I was granted one wish, it would be to have my mommy back to share computers, cell phones, iRobot floor sweepers, going to the moon. She would be so amazed. I always called her mommy as she raised me. I miss her every day. ❤️ Love those pies. 😋 yum

[@gregknight293]

.....My grandmother in Alabama lived with my aunt, uncle and cousins . She made fried pies a little smaller than yours and they were delicious. A platter of them was left on the center of the stove and my cousins and I would eat them on the run for a snack as long as they lasted. Your videos are so relaxing to watch and bring back many memories of days gone by. May God continue to bless you and yours and your happy home.

[@JudiChristopher]

"Amen Brother... Amen"

[@randy5766]

Wonderful memories. Fried pies were part of my packed lunch I carried to grade school, wrapped in wax paper. My grandmother often used Apple Butter as filling.

[@phil2u48]

I also took fried apple pies, wrapped in waxed paper, to school; the “city kids” sometimes made fun of them. ( They had honey buns and such in cellophane packets from the grocery store.). One day in sixth grade, the teacher heard a snide comment about my aunt’s fried pies and she raised holy h*** ! She and my aunt had been schoolmates for years; one of her daughters and I were born the same day. After that, I had to take two pies to school, one for teacher and one for me.

[@terryboyd9875]

I cherish those days of the past also. Fried pies, paper bag lunche boxes, wax paper wrap food….we need some of that basic life style back…

[@kimberlykelly7280]

I watch Whiporwill Holler too. Both your voices are just comforting to listen to at night as I am relaxing and I love learning the old ways!! Thank you!

[@lindagiorgio6058]

Memories... My great aunt would always dry apples, I hadn't thought about that in years, she would spend hours slicing up apples then spread them out on sheets that she would have on every roof that she could reach, the house, the shed, the barn, anywhere and everywhere she could find room. I was young maybe 5 or 6 and so impressed at how the apples would change in texture.

[@davidsutton414]

We had fried pies for dessert more than any other sweets in our home. My favorite was the chocolate ones. My mother would mix cocoa and sugar and put the mix on a round of dough, add a bit of butter and fold it the same as you do. when they were done, the filling was crystallized and crunchy. I miss those days and the smells are locked in my memory. Thank you for sharing, keep on with the videos.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

David-I'm going to try that chocolate method-thank you for sharing your mother's recipe!

[@JudiChristopher]

I wished I had a good Chocolate filling receipt... I can't make them very well.

[@pokeyjo61]

My maternal grandparents were born and raised in eastern Kentucky. They came to Indiana to work in the factories. I remember my granny making these for us. There were so good.

[@janicebaker8484]

I'm from South Georgia and was raised in the country. I remember these with such fondness. Miss those days and wish todays world offered those wonderful times with all those who have come since.

[@jackiemartin5441]

We had tart apple trees in our yard and my grannie, who lived with us, dried those apples every summer. When it looked like rain, we had to run out to the backyard and save the drying apples. As soon as the sun came out, we dragged those apples back out to the yard. Mama would make the pies all winter long. They were very good.

[@e.conboy4286]

You bet! Can’t buy anything like them!

[@nunyabizness1004]

my granny made fried pies when i was a kid, usually apple. i haven't had one in 30+ years. i'm gonna have to make some.

[@DavidMiller-jc4pl]

I’m from West Virginia and i always loved fried pies..God bless

[@rethawilson6289]

My mom used to do this. I have a friend that sell them when I had a yard sale with her . People loved them lol she did better than myself.

[@pmay6772]

We did the same. Once a year there was a huge yard sale between Alabama and Tennessee. It was usually the first or second weekend in October. Two of my cousins would be up all night making fried pies and they were usually all sold out by 10am the next morning. They made apple, peach, apricot, chocolate and lemon. After a few years people would come and ask for them or even place orders for the next morning. Great memories.

[@Odie1948]

Filled with fig preserves is my favorite.

[@e.conboy4286]

Oh my goodness! I bet they are! Liz❤️ 🇺🇸

[@turretlizardinthesun957]

My mother would make them when I was a kid. She would fill them with dried apples, butter w/cinnamon and sugar, strawberries, blackberries, etc. One of my favorites was peanut butter with grape jelly.

[@alicephillips3214]

My favorite filling for a fried pie is cherry from our trees, after that the Blackberries are ripe and then in the winter it is raisin filling---Now you have made me hungry!

[@winnie8592]

Ooo blackberries yes!

[@e.conboy4286]

W H , Blackberries are labor intensive in my neck of the woods. Birds, briars, snakes CHIGGERS! But worth it, if you’re young enough.....🇺🇸 ❤️ liz

[@carolinewest2217]

Growing up in Central Virginia I ate more then my fair share of Fried apple, peach, and whatever other kinds people would make. To this day I still say one of my favorite things is the fried apple. I moved last summer to Nebraska to be closer to some of my grandchildren and watching your video made me a little homesick. Thank you for showing everyone how good southern cooking is and can be. I hope you and your family have a great day.

[@maryr7800]

My mother made the best fried apple pies. Of course, she made them with lard and fried them in lard in an iron skillet.

[@teekotrain6845]

11:11...reminds me of what my grandpa would say when we went to a REALLY good hole in the wall restaurant. "You can't eat atmosphere" lol. He always had jokes too. And a hanky. Fav filling: ive had some mighty good peach pies and apricot is what i used to make when I lived in the south and everybody appreciated a fried pie with a glass of sweet milk.

[@anderander5662]

"Sweet milk" nobody knows what that is anymore

[@Bear-cm1vl]

@@anderander5662 a few of us still do, sir...

[@e.conboy4286]

@@anderander5662 Now a days, it’s Low Fat, Pasteurized, Homogenized, Almond, Coconut, Chocolate, Buttermilk, Low Fat Buttermilk, and all with Vitamin D and who knows what added. Kids today will never know what real milk is or how it got in their glass, will they? I have a photo taken 70+ years ago while I was milking..... barefoot! No unusual then and I’m still healthy! 🦶🦶

[@williampoff3096]

Ma'am, I knew from the first time I saw you and heard you on KZbin, that you were "MY PEOPLE"!! Them fried pies look just like my Granny's, and that's a COMPLIMENT!! Here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia, they are a staple!! I used to help my Granny dry apple's on them ol homemade screens and watch the "flies" help dry um.......She would laugh and say it was the "fly manure" that made um so good, lol!! I don't know if that was the trick, lol, but they sure were good after they came out of that ol black cast iron skillet!! Keep on posting our MOUNTAIN HERITAGE, cause their ain't many of us left anymore. Mountain People are "God's gift to American Culture"!!

[@donnamays24]

Amen to that! Western NC girl here.. blessings🙏🏻💖

[@HucklebridgeC]

Peach here! Love the fried type, but the convenience of baked is so much easier when those hungry grandkids are grabbing on your apron strings! ❤️

[@larrycounce4509]

My granny made fried cocoa pies here in the flat woods of Tennessee, yummmm

[@donnamays24]

Please share the recipe...I would love to give those a try! 💖

[@JudiChristopher]

@@donnamays24 YES YES YES we need the receipt... I just realized your last name is Mays... Are you from Oklahoma? Maysville? My step-father's last name was Mays... Good man. RIP

[@donnamays24]

@@JudiChristopher My husband is a Mays, his family is from the Wilkes County area of Western NC...they are an incredible family for sure! And there are relatives in Oklahoma, Maryland and Ohio...you never know there could be a connection...it’s a small world! Blessings💖🙏🏻

[@JudiChristopher]

@@donnamays24 Very True... The Mays Family are a good people... Good Memories.

[@larrycounce4509]

@@donnamays24 wish I had it I would share. She made em Sundays so as soon as I got back from church up the hill I'd go, oh my goodness.

[@susanedwards9473]

My Aunt and Uncle fry pies for fund raisers and I am sure sold a thousand with help the last fundraiser. They helped build a brand new church!!! Love fried pies. She taught me how. We done a whole five pound bag a flour! Whew!!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I remember my Grandmother making those! She couldn't make them fast enough. We would stand right by the stove and eat them as soon as they came out of the oil!😊 She made them with apples, peaches and pears and I think she made them with apricots too.😊🐝❤

[@donnamays24]

My kids use to do that...wait by the stove...brought back memories of my little ones..when they were little lol. Blessings💖

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@donnamays24 awww that made me happy! Blessings to you too😊🐝❤

[@stevielund3687]

I love your stories and the recipes. This is pure joy of when times were so more lovely and all about our family. I wish we could go back 50 yrs.

[@carlahimmen2978]

I just gotta say your speech is just like my kinfolk from central Missouri. You are the first person outside of my family that says Ain’t for aunt. Love listening to you talk.... and cook of course!

[@whydo55]

While I was active duty all my Birthday and Christmas presents were all the things I missed most from back home, White Lily flour being one of them.

[@donnamays24]

Thank you for your service. Blessings🙏🏻💖

[@ginawyatt4335]

My mamaw made great fried pies. I loved them and her dearly.

[@thomascherry8155]

My family ate "stacked cake" which was made out of a stack of very thin pies made out of the same kind od fruit mixture as fried pies, cooked, then arranged like a layer cake and cut like a cake

[@wildersville]

Here in Henderson County Tennessee ( west Tennessee) a favorite filling for over a hundred years has been apricot. Apricot fried pies have always been my personal favorite.

[@thomaswayneward]

I grew up in Henderson County Texas; I believe a lot of the people there came from West Tennessee.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Grandma always made hers from dried apples she would dry from her trees. She used to dry hers on a sheet of tin laid cross ways on Grandpa's wheel barrow. She would dry a dish pan full at a time. She would spread newspaper on the tin and then pour the apples out on it. In the evening, she would roll them under the shelter then roll them out in the sun next morning. I love cherry fried pies and some of the best I ever ate were made from sweet potatoes.

[@RalphMeacham]

I was luckily enough to have grown up near Ellerbe NC back in the 60s over near the PD River. Me and my sisters grew up being taught by Mom & Dad how to hunt, trap, fish, butcher a hog, cut & stack wood for the winter, make a garden, can & dry anything you could eat. In the summer I worked at my Aunts and Uncles tobacco farms. We'd dry apples in the fall , then come the snowy weather Mom would make the exact same two types of pies you showed how to make. I still have the most wonderful memories of playing in the snow with my friends and sisters and then coming into the the house and smelling those wonderful apple pies that mom was cooking on the stove. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What wonderful memories 😀

[@rebeccajones9735]

I grew up in Brunswick Co, VA on the NC line. My paternal grandma made fried apple pies with her dried apples and biscuit dough. She called them apple puffs, however. My husband, who grew up in Scotland Neck, NC calls them apple jacks. We live on the Tar River between Bunn and Spring Hope, NC. Spring Hope has a Pumpkin Festival every year in Oct. Area church ladies make pumpkin and sweet potato jacks to sell there. Yummy! My grandma dried her apples on window screens on the roof, boot, and hood of her car. I still have a small bag of her dried apples in my freezer as a remembrance. She passed away in 2003. Love your channel.

[@jeanmooreboykin4250]

When I was growing up in eastern NC, many ladies made these, but we called them Apple Jacks. They also made Peach Jacks and Sweet Potato Jacks. In more recent years when the older aunts brought Apple Jacks to a family reunion, they disappeared almost instantly......a rare treat for most these days.

[@lauraellen189]

Apple fried pies are so good! I am glad to know you can bake them. I have never tried dried apple filling. I make a kind of unusual one but at Christmas everyone loves them. I use a jar of mincemeat with a finely chopped apple and tangerine added. It is like holding and smelling Christmas in your hand!!

[@Gina_Hobbs]

That sounds amazing!!!

[@RainyJo715]

Yum! That sounds good to me too! I grew up on Mincemeat cookies and usually we’d only make them around Christmas time as well. My dad still makes them! :)

[@kayhenry6293]

My grandmother made fried pies when I was a kid. She used dried apples and fried hers. We didn’t like them with the sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on them (go figure!) so she didn’t put it on them. We loved them. Thank you for bringing back fond memories.

[@jenniferstomberger3920]

Just subscribed, earlier today. What have I got myself into?! I am trying SO HARD to Not Need this. My Nanny preferred Hudson Cream. 💗 I have not looked, yet - Do you have a video on drying and reconstituting apples?! I'm ready to cry at the possibility. Thank you for doing so much to preserve history and now.

[@shirleydenton4747]

I was just wondering the same thing. I do have a dehydrator, but only want to try a few,

[@jenniferstomberger3920]

@@shirleydenton4747 💗 My Nanny placed apple slices on a window screen in front of the refrigerator on the floor after everyone went to bed. I cannot remember how long...likely, 'until they were done.' The apples were not dehydrator crisp, but more like raisin softness. I have screens saved to experiment, hopefully, soon.

[@karenwright9123]

Love them with any filling...My Mom and I always sprinkled them with powdered sugar. I'm always telling my stories ,too. I'll tell you one about fried pies ,and how pleasing someone with these can bring good rewards. We rented the downstairs in a house, the landlord was redoing the upstairs...and he had apple trees on his property. I happened to make some fried pies one day and my older kids heard about it ,and they came to get some. The landlord came by and smelled them and ask one of the kids "What smells so good ,fried pies? They said, "Yes have one." Long story short he started bringing apples if I would make him some. He lowered our rent and moved us upstairs which had an extra room. Gave us free rent every Christmas, and our relationship with him and his wife is still a good one to this day. Love from Central Ky. I've been watch Miss Lori and Mr.Brown for awhile,love them,too.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a great story! The power of fried pies 😀

[@Myfavorites877]

I love dried peach pies!

[@patricknester435]

You have made my favorite dessert of all times fried pies who we

[@LuJustLu]

This sure took me down memory lane. Growing up my mom and aunts would make fried pies using dried peaches. I've even made mine with dried apricots when I didn't have dried peaches on hand. Whether it is apple, peaches or whatever kind of filling...this is good eating and great memories. Thank you for sharing.

[@pmay6772]

Same here. The memories came flooding back..along with a few tears for those who have passed on.

[@jeffpoplin558]

Both my grandmothers were well known makers of what they called "Jack pies". Never knew where the name came from, I was always too busy eating them to ask. haha My mom has passed down her recipe to me and now I'm teaching the next generation the delights of fried pies, no matter what you call them.

[@Bear-cm1vl]

Jeff, I can't say if this is a tall tale from an old moonshiner, but my uncle also called them Jack pies and his explanation was that they used Apple Jack into reconstitute the dried apples. I remember the adult pies had a apple impression in the crimp from a stamp his wife kept in the liqueur cabinet with his brews and the children could only have the pies with the fork crimps.

[@jeffpoplin558]

@@Bear-cm1vl Thanks, makes sense to me, but my families were not drinkers. I will have to ask my 86 yr old mom about the name. I do know my maternal grannie had a helper on the farm that was rumored to know a little bit about moonshine... haha

[@arronhope9349]

Cousin Jacks, Tin Miners from Cornwall, pastys for lunch in the mines !

[@lucypumkinjack2984]

The more I watch your channel, the more I come to realize that my family may have come from Appalachia.

[@anderander5662]

My mom made apricot Fried Pies and sometimes blackberry when they were in season.... I still remember how good the crust was. She had a little roller she ran around the edge to seal them. I think they were even better cold

[@jinahinson878]

Apricot fried pies were the only kind in my family and they were counted every evening and fought over until they were gone. The hunters especially enjoyed taking them to the woods for their lunch. Mom's tasted amazing.

[@helenmanning8066]

My mom made the best fried pies, she use dried peaches, apricots, apples or a mix of dried fruits, and she always baked them. Mom also made many other pies that were wonderful, some you don't see much anymore, mince meat, pineapple, raisin. She made the best of what she had.

[@janeedmisten2957]

Apple pie "Turnovers" That's what my mom call them. I'm 60 and still crave them. Great job!!!

[@toddsherfey6236]

My mother in law dried her apples on the well house roof and she made peaches and apples my favorite was peaches , God rest her soul it's been several years since I had her pies thank you for the memory.. I sure did love that old woman. God speed

[@AliceTellsAll]

My mom made all kinds fried un fried. She made lemon, puddings like vanilla and chocolate. She made apple, peach as well.

[@donniedale3522]

Growed up with these, mom made these and fried them in lard. They were golden brown and flaky. Nothing better than fried apple butter pies. Thanks for the memory.

[@gwensimpson7187]

The dough is how my mom made her pies of all flavors, loved watching this tutorial.

[@carolavant3778]

My Grandmother made these, and I make them sometimes when the weather gets cold. The filling depends on what I have a lot of in my pantry, or how much time I have. If I have a lot of time, I'll make lemon, chocolate or vanilla custard.

[@jamesbeavan9057]

Found your channel today . It is wonderful. Remind me of growing up on a small farm .We grew almost all our food and mother was a wonderful cook .

[@truthseeker3715]

I have been looking for a fried pie recipe for years. A little woman used to sell them when I was growing up. She had to have 80 years old at that time. The sweet potato pie was the best. I have tried so many recipes and they just were not right. I'm so glad you did this video because the recipe you did was perfect. It tasted just like that old lady's. I'm 60 years old and I was 14 back then. I've been searching a very long time. LoL.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful!!

[@cpprcrk1833]

My Granny's fried pies were one of the very best memories of my childhood ! Her's were larger than the ones you made , only one at a time in a 12" cast iron skillet . She used her biscuit dough with either apple butter or peach butter . Plus she fried them in half oil and half butter . What I wouldn't give ! P.S. Did your family make a dish that she called Corn N Gravy ? she would cut off the corn , then use the back of her knife and scrape the hearts and milk from the cob . Then would cook this with butter for a few minutes then would mix some flour into cold milk and pour over corn , bring to low boil whilst stirring until it got thick enough . this along with a big pot of green beans and some fried potatoes with sliced fresh tomato's and cucumbers , Ummm , that was summertime at her house when the garden was coming in .

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Tracy-we didn't call it corn gravy but that sounds like how Granny makes creamed corn. You're right its so good! Thank you for watching 😀

[@Dustinlampp]

My great grandmother taught me how to make fried apple pies. I make them every thanksgiving

[@markeholbrook]

I don't remember Granny ever making fried pies, but after she died, her children started having a week long reunion near the Appalachian town of Bainbridge Ohio in Pike county (Pike lake state park), but they didn't like the children of theirs coming. But sometimes I would sneak down there anyway. One time they were making dried apple fried pies and had a lot left over, they were great! Problem is, I'm diabetic, and one is enough, even though I could eat 10 of them if I wasn't. So granny probably did make them, she had a couple apple trees, and made stack cakes, so fried pie ingredients were right there. She made leather britches and other dried goods.

[@tamieboblitt7324]

Fried apple pies sure brings back good memories I used to watch my mama make them I couldn’t wait till she got them done so I could eat one while it was hot .great video God bless

[@gentrysmith4924]

My mother used to make dried apple fried pies when I was a kid. She'd spend all summer drying apples in our oven then put them up for use in the winter. They were great when it was cold outside BUT those 100+ degree summers with that oven going and NO air conditioning were awful.

[@waadventures1164]

I’ve been trying to figure out what this was I remembered from Grandmothers kitchen! She baked hers as well!

[@janetsways4176]

These look delicious! Oh yes, Miss Lori at Whippoorwill Holler has lots of amazing recipes. I’m going to make some fry pie! Oh my goodness I can’t choose a favorite ! Lemon 🍋 chocolate 🍫 apple🍎 peach 🍑 blueberry 🫐 they’re all good!

[@mikeryan3081]

I really enjoyed this video.I have just found your channel and have been binge watching.-I live in southwest va,born and raised in the mountains.I am 78 years old and love the old ways. Thank you for all the wonderful videos.-☆ Crystal

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks for watching!

[@madibawayne6314]

Wow, Beautiful, Flavorful, Homemade Fried Pies!!! That sure does bring back some good memories of my grandmother making fried apple🍏 🍎 pies. She had an electric stove with a plug in griddle and a large drawer below the oven door. Outside the kitchen door there was a huge Weeping Willow Tree, with a swing. I remember once when I was at her house, a big thunder storm came up. We were in the living room and could see the kitchen stove. All of a sudden we heard a loud crack of thunder. I looked toward the kitchen door just in time to see a small ball of fire roll off the electric stove. When it hit the floor it disappeared. My Grandmother said, " That lightning must of hit the willow tree and run down the electric line to the metal cook stove." She was scared, I was too young to be scared. I have never seen anything like that ball of fire again. I think I was four, I had never been to school yet. I never forgot it. That was the mid 1960's.

[@sandyhayre188]

My mom used fry apple pies made out dried apples, they were so good. This show brings back memories.

[@cindypye578]

My Mamaw made those and called them Puppy Ears. Hers were mostly either apple or peach and were always fried. I make mine baked. Like you said though, they're good both ways. I love Whippoorwill Holler!

[@brenaiman]

Ms. Tipper, today I tried making your fried pies, and it's the first from-scratch recipe I've tried in ages, and I have to say it was the most fun I've had in the kitchen in years. Making the dough was so much fun and I'm glad to say the pies turned out wonderful! I baked em because I have never had any luck deep fryin anything. They turned out great and my whole family loved em. Thank you for sharing your recipe! I love your channel.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Brena-Yay! That. makes me so happy! So glad they turned out good for you 😀

[@NanaRae2Three]

I grew up eating fried pies. Mother mostly made them with dried peaches as they were dads favorite. She also made apple and my favorite which were made with applesauce. With left over dough from fried pies or regular pies mother would make chocolate rolls for us kids. Good memories!

[@brianmclaughlin358]

This has become my favorite KZbin channel. I'm making those pies over the weekend.

[@pattytheseeker8902]

I bake my fried pies too. My favorite filling is red plums Preserves. I have 5 plum trees. I like black berry too with vanilla ice cream. My aunt Norah used to sell fried pies. She had lots of customers, which came in handy because she had 17 living children! Their daddy made pretty good money, but it takes a lot to raise 17 kids. She got recipes from my mama for the dough & all kinds fillings. I used to help wrap them in waxed paper when I went over there. We just used notebook paper cut out on the lines to label the different flavors.

[@jasonpoe5360]

I like the term "un-fried pies!" My grandma made several fried pies - pineapple, apple, cherry, and raisin. My wife also added a coconut creme. All are delicious!

[@sheliahampton716]

My mother fried pies too! They were so good! She is 94 now so she doesn’t fry pies or really she doesn’t cook much any more. But that’s understandable. But we sure miss her cooking. At least my brother and I have learned a lot of her recipes thank goodness! So good to watch your videos… I really enjoy them… thanks for sharing. Oh, yeah my fried pie favorite is apple.

[@joeyhardin1288]

Thank you. Years ago, during one of our Pioneer Days Festival, a older Amish couple had set up an Apple Cart, selling fried pies. They had Pineapple that had a light sweet glaze on it. I learned to make those and been making them ever since. God Bless and stay safe.

[@intheengineroom]

My great-grandmother made these and the ones I liked best had damson plum preserves as the filling. Dates and chopped walnuts was another favorite. A savory variety was made with sausage, diced onions, and diced cooked potatoes. Lots of sage, thyme, and pepper. Thanks for bringing back a flood of very happy memories with your programs.

[@frankscarborough1428]

My grandma made these using dried apples which she cooked and added water as she cooked them down stirring constantly. She added cinnamon and sugar and other things don't remember what. They were so delicious

[@krysh6196]

Thank you for these recipes! I think during these difficult times many of us are turning to simple, down-home cooking/baking and your fried/baked pies ring all the right bells! Yummy!

[@stefaniesombaty8980]

I love these! I haven't made them in years but the Amish make them and sell them so I don't have to. They dip theirs in a sugar glaze that hardens. Just delicious!

[@ThickChickHomestead]

My mom was born and raised in the mountains of NC. She still makes the pies today. She will only use dried apples because she said it doesn’t taste as good any other way. And the dried apples have to be dried in the sun not using a dehydrator because it won’t be the same according to her.

[@e.conboy4286]

Right! We used pillow cases on the ground.

[@liviafussell1890]

She is right. My granny had apple trees and dried them on a sheet spread out on our popup camper. Nothing else compares

[@mikemaes4571]

Mince meat pies (empanadas) for Christmas; typically made about half the sized as the ones you made. It's an all day project, but they're awesome treats any time of the day!

[@brendado2214]

I made these pies for the first time yesterday. They're the best I've ever had. Delicious! Thanks for sharing.

[@suzannehedderly1331]

Wow! My mother would make these on the rare occasion she could get dried apples. They were delicious! The first time she made them we were watching Peter Pan on TV so we called them Peter Pan pies. 😄 Thank you for reviving those memories. ❤️