Up here at the Nuclear Chemistry Summer School, we had a cute little barbecue this afternoon. My goodness was it good. And seeing as how I'm the only Southern lady here, I had to make everyone something delish. And American. And fried. That's right. It was fried apple pie time. Mmm.
These things are SUPER scrumptious, impressive, and easy to make. Here's what you'll need:
3 medium Granny Smith apples
1 stick of butter
Cinnamon Sugar [I used about half of a pre-mixed bottle. If you're making it yourself shoot for at LEAST twice as much sugar as cinnamon. It goes a long way.]
2 8-count cans of refrigerated biscuit dough
Vegetable oil
A frying pan
A heat-safe bowl
First, you need to slice your apples up. I just put them right into the pan as I'm slicing to save dishes. Make sure your pan is big enough to contain all your apples.
When they're all in, add your butter and pour on the cinnamon sugar mix. The more the merrier. Cook on medium heat until the apples are tender and the butter-cinnamon-sugar mixture is turning into caramel. Make sure you're always stirring!
These are looking yummy. After they're all cooked up, transfer them to your heat-safe bowl to cool off a bit. You don't want them cooking your biscuits from the inside. Make sure you get all the caramel sauce you made.
I cleaned out this pan and used it to fry to, but you can get another. You'll need about 1/2" of oil in your pan. Like this.
Once your apples don't burn your fingers, you can start assembling the pies. Take each biscuit and flatten and stretch it out slightly.
That's about right. Then scoop up 3-5 apple slices and put them right in the middle. Next, fold the biscuit in half over the apples and seal up the edges. The sauce can make this hard to do, but a little water can sometimes help cement that dough together.
Next, we fry em up! It takes about a minute on each side at low to medium heat. Make sure you're careful, because they can leak and make the oil mad.
These are looking amazing, aren't they? CAREFULLY take them out and put them in layers on a paper-towel lined plate. I sprinkled more cinnamon sugar on top of each layer. Once they were all fried, I poured the sauce from the apples over the top of the pile. They looked [and tasted] amazing!!!!
In addition to all that yumminess, they also made all THIS yumminess!
Suffice to say, I can't move. This has been a momentous day. Off to fireworks tonight and then the city tomorrow! And I get to see Once this weekend! Amazing!
I hope you had a wonderful Fourth! I know I have!
