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Frankye’s Chocolate Fried Pies
Published Jun 01, 2006

Ingredients:

Filling:

1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder (if using an off-brand, add a little more cocoa and some chocolate syrup to make it richer)
4 Tablespoons butter or margarine
1/3 cup flour
1 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine ingredients. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Allow to cool and thicken before using as pie filling.

Dough:

4 cups flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
pinch of salt
1 cup shortening
1 egg, well beaten
1 12-ounce can evaporated milk
Wesson or restaurant oil for frying (no off-brands here, the quality of the oil is important)

Mix together dry ingredients. Cut in shortening using a mixer and its bread hook attachment. (No mixer and no attachment? Do it the old-fashioned way by crisscrossing a couple of dinner knives through the mixture.) Stir in egg; add milk. Roll out on a floured biscuit board, as thin as possible, but no less than 1/4-inch.

Procedure:

Cut into rounds. Frankye Ward cuts her dough with a plastic 3-pound margarine-tub top. Center 2-3 Tablespoons of filling on one half of each round, then fold over and seal with fork or edge of saucer.

Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat and fry pies to a golden brown, turning once. 

Story by Frankye Ward
Photo by Wes Aldridge


Comments

By Sherran Welch on 11 06 2009

Thank you for the recipe for chocolate fried pies. The recipe sounds delicious, and I can’t wait to try it. I make fried pies for my husband and they are always fruit pies,something diffrent sounds great!


By Leanna Tovar on 19 12 2009

Thank You for posting the reciepe. I have been looking for one that matched the way my grandma used to make them when she was alive 17 years ago. Thank you and I will be makeing them soon



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