Recipe - Berry Best Fried Pies

One half cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
One half cup Water
2 cup Fresh OR frozen blueberries

DOUGH
2 cup Allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half cup Vegetable oil
1/3 cup Buttermilk
Cooking oil for frying

In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and water; add berries. Cook and
stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir for
2 minutes; set aside to cool. Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Combine
oil and buttermilk; stir into dry ingredients until mixture forms a ball.
Roll on a floured board to 1/8in thickness; cut into ten (10) 4One half inch
circles. Place 1 Tbps blueberry filling on each circle. Fold over; seal
edges with a fork. In a skillet over medium heat, fry pies in One fourth to 1/2
inch hot oil until golden brown, about 1 One half minutes per side. Drain on
paper towels.

YIELD: 10 servings

Recipe by: Sharon Garrison (ToH Oct/Nov 96)

Posted to EATL Digest by "Iris E. Dunaway" hister@JUNO.COM on Sep 7,
1997