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Directions:Directions for Apple filling:
1. Cut apple slices in half using kitchen shears.
2. Place apples and water (make sure they are covered) in medium sauce pot and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to slow simmer, cover and simmer appr. 30 min. stirring often.
4. Add sugar and spice, stirring to blend well.
5. Cover and continue to simmer until water has gone and apples are tender.
6. Remove from heat and allow to cool before using. Cooked apples can be refrigerated up to 2-3 weeks before using.
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Directions for Apple Tart Crust (this is the same recipe used for pie crust and you can find many how-to make pie crust videos on YouTube.)
1. Sift flour and measure 3 cups. Place in large mixing bowl.
2. Add salt to sifted flour and stir well.
3. Add Crisco to above. Using a pastry cutter or 2 sharp knives, cut into flour until the mixture resembles peas or coarse crumbs. Set aside.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk egg.
5. Add water and vinegar to egg.
6. Gradually add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring with fork as you work liquid into flour
7. When the flour mixture is moistened, gather it into a ball, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Creating the Apple Tart
You will need:
Cooked apples
Refrigerated dough
Rolling pin
Pastry mat (can use cleaned & sanitized countertops)
Flour to sprinkle on pastry mat and rolling pin
Pastry cutter or fork & knife
Small bowl of water (to dip fingertips in, while folding the crust over the apples; see #3 below)
Parchment or wax paper
Cooling rack
Turner
Large non-stick frying pan
Vegetable oil or Crisco to slightly cover bottom of frying pan
1. After dough has been refrigerated, pinch off a small amount and form a small, flat cookie shape and place on a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thick (dough will be very thin) making sure the rolling pin and work surface is lightly dusted with flour to keep dough from sticking to either surface.
2. Working with one, rolled-out dough at a time, place 1 heaping tablespoon of cooked apples onto one half of the dough.
3. Using your fingertips, moisten the dough edges with cold water.
4. Carefully fold the dough over the fruit, creating the apple tart (will resemble a calzone or a half-moon.
5. Using a fork, press all edges together to create a seal.
6. Set apple tart aside onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and continue steps 1-5 until you have used remaining crust and apples. Make sure to cover each apple tart with parchment paper to avoid dough sticking to each other. (Granny prefers to create 4 apple tarts at a time and then she fries that batch, before creating the next batch.) You can choose to create and fry as many as you want to; (refrigerating the remaining crust & apples) or you can create all of the apple tarts, individually wrap each tart and freeze in a freezer Ziploc bag; removing and frying as many as you want to, when you are craving these delicious, popular treats.
To fry Apple Tarts:
You will need:
Cooling rack
Turner
Large non-stick frying pan
Only enough vegetable oil or Crisco to slightly cover bottom of frying pan. You do not want to deep fry it.
7. Heat oil in large frying pan to 375 degrees F (on Med high). Do Not put apple tarts in the oil unless oil is hot.
8. Carefully place apple tart into hot oil and leave it alone, (resisting the urge to move it around) until the edges begin to brown.
9. Once edges appear brown, slightly lift apple tart to see if crust is golden brown, and if so, carefully lift one edge of tart using turner and flip it over, allowing crust to fry to a golden brown. Each side usually takes anywhere from 2-3 minutes. Be Aware that the thin crust can burn really quickly, so do not get distracted. (Granny fries 2 or 3 at a time to avoid burning.)
10. Remove golden brown apple tarts from frying pan and place on a cooling rack to drain.
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Notes: These are BEST when they are eaten immediately after frying, since the crust is so warm and flaky and the apples are steaming hot.
Eat alone or as Bruce prefers them, top them with some good ole Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla, (or as Paw Paw Billy called it Blue Blue
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