Who Wants Some Fried Pumpkin Pie?!? ME!!!

I was put to the challenge to make fried pumpkin pie. Challenge accepted. I had recently watched a Paula Deen episode about chicken empanada thingies that were made with pre-made pie dough and fried. I thought, well there must be a way to do pumpkin pie.  I went straight to the internet since time was of the essence.

I found a blog and basically followed the recipe. My changes are in bold.  The recipe is after the pictures... http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/2012/10/26/fried-pumpkin-hand-pies/

I used my drink mixer thingy to make the circles -- it was a little less than 4 inches, but, worked.

The filling that I pre-made. 

The filling and marshmallows on the pie crust circles and then sealed in with a fork. 

Ready for frying!!

They cooked up super fast!!

Then I dipped them in a bowl with sugar/cinnamon.

Recipe: Fried Pumpkin Hand Pies

Ingredients

• -1 recipe Best Crust Recipe, chilled (I used pre-made Pillsbury Dough)
• Pumpkin Vanilla Bean Filling: 
• -1 15oz can pumpkin puree
• -1 cup brown sugar
• -1 Tbs Vanilla bean paste (I just added vanilla extract)
• -1 tsp cinnamon
• -½ nutmeg
• -½ ginger
• -½ tsp salt
• -1 cup cream
• -2 eggs
• (Mini marshmallows!)
• -1 quart Vegetable Oil for frying

Instructions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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3. 2. In a 9×9 baking dish, add all of the filling ingredients.
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5. 3. Combine until smooth.
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7. 4. Bake the pumpkin filling for 45 minutes. Take the filling out and leave until cooled.
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9. 5. Using a 4 inch cookie cutter, cut circles out of the chilled pie dough.
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11. 6. Spoon the chilled filling into the center of the circles. (Top with 3 mini marshmallows)
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13. 7. Fold the pie dough over and pinch and fork tine the edges. Chill in the refrigerator while you heat the oil.
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15. 8. Heat the oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
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17. 9. Gently fry the pumpkin hand pies until the dough is golden brown.
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19. 10. Drain for a moment on paper towels and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
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21. 11. Eat while hot!

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 1 hour(s)

Number of servings (yield): 12

I ate three of them, C#2 ate FIVE!! She really liked them. I had to stop myself. My stomach IS full and I need to listen.  There are too many food filled days coming up!! 

I highly recommend these! Calories be damned!!!

That said, I hope everyone has a "Happy Thanksgiving!" 

Till next time...