Fried Cherry Walnut Pies
Filling Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1
½
cups chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
½
cup finely chopped dried cherries
Crust Ingredients
2 pre-made pie crusts
1 egg, beaten
Flour for dusting
Confectioner’s sugar, for garnish
Oil for spraying
Preparation
1. In a cold saucepan, combine the granulated sugar, corn syrup,
melted butter and eggs.
2. Stir in walnuts, vanilla and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
3. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the cherries.
Cool for 20 minutes.
4. On a lightly floured surface, unroll 1 pie crust. Cut circles from the
dough using a 4-inch cutter.
5. Re-roll and cut circles from the dough scraps. Stack the dough circles
between pieces of waxed paper.
6. Repeat the procedure with the remaining pie crusts.
7. Place 1 circle on a flat surface and lightly brush the edges of the crust
with the beaten egg yolk.
8. Place 1 heaping tablespoon of walnut mixture in the center of the
circle. Fold the dough over the filling, pressing the edges to seal.
9. Repeat with the remaining rounds and walnut mixture.
10. Working in batches of 2, spray each side of pies and place in the
chamber; close chamber.
11. Set temperature for 400 degrees, and timer for 5 minutes. When
cook time is complete, open chamber, turn pies and spray again with
oil.
12. Set timer for 3 minutes. When cook time is complete, remove pies to
a platter and lightly dust immediately with confectioner’s sugar.
13. Repeat with remaining pies.
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