Easy Fry Pies

Fried Pies are delightful little hand pies filled with pie filling, then fried, and glazed. This easy recipe uses refrigerated rolled pie dough and prepared fillings. Make many flavors or just your favorite (Apple, Bavarian Cream, or Cherry). These fry pies will melt in your mouth.

Fry Pies or hand pies are small pies made with pie dough that is filled with traditional pie fillings. Then the hand pie is crimped shut and fried in oil. Once out of the fryer the pies are drizzled with a sweet glaze. Once cooled these mini pies are eaten by hand.

The fry pies pictured are made with Bavarian Cream and coated with a buttery sugary glaze. When warm these little pies melt in your mouth. I also love hand pies cold in the morning with coffee.

In Southern Maryland, I shop at a local farm stand. One day while shopping they had a table full of Amish baked goods. There was a stack of Amish fry pies in assorted flavors. Browsing the flavors I found Bavarian Cream Fry Pies. I was hooked!

Since these fried pies are easy to make, instead of buying more I made more. Lucky for me I have a fantastic Amish Dutch Market in Annapolis that sells Bavarian Cream in ready-to-pipe tubes. 

If you are looking for a fried pie dough recipe look no further. These homemade fried pies are easy and taste amazing. Using premade ingredients like refrigerated pie crust and prepared fillings you can make these in about 30 minutes.

Ingredients for Fry Pies

• Refrigerated Pie Crust
• Filling (Pictured is Bavarian Cream)
• Vegetable Oil
• Butter
• Sugar
• Milk
• Vanilla Extract

Fillings for Fried Hand Pies

Here are some fried pie filling ideas.

• Puddings and Custards: Bavarian Cream, Chocolate, Vanilla, Coconut Cream, Lemon
• Fruit Pie Fillings: Apple, Cherry, Peach, Blueberry

You can purchase the same type Ready to Pipe Bavarian Cream from Amazon. 

How to Make Fried Pies

• Roll out your pie crusts. Use a large cookie cutter to cut circles out of the dough. 

• Next pipe about 1 to 2 tablespoons of filling onto your pie crust circles. Dip your finger into water and line the outside of the circle. Fold over the pie crust creating a half-moon shape. Use a fork to crimp edges closed. 

• Heat up your oil and you are ready to fry these little hand pies to golden perfection. Drop one to two pies at a time. Fry for about 20 seconds on each side. Remove to a cooling rack. 

• In a small saucepan melt butter and whisk in the sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. This gives you a melt-in-your-mouth glaze that is to die for! 

• Brush or drizzle the glaze over the fry pies and let set. 

• Eat warm or cold! 

Important Fry Pie Recipe Tips

1. One important step I want to point out is when you pull them out of the fryer DO NOT place the pies on a paper towel. Place them on a wire rack with paper towels underneath to catch the oil. Placing them directly on a paper towel will only make them soggy. This goes for any food coming out of a fryer!
2. When cutting your pie crust you will get 7 mini pie crusts. If you roll out the scraps you can get 2 more pie crusts.

Recipe for Fry Pies