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this channel represents the best that America has to offer, this is the type of world I grew up in and the world we want to keep going and living in America, thank you for the example.

Every time I watch your videos I am taken back to when I was a kid hanging out at my grandma's house. She made these with apples I picked off her tree. I wish I could have appreciated what a gift she was when I had the chance. Thanks for another trip down memory lane.

You can cook a pound of ground sausage mix in a block of cream cheese until melted in and add that to the dough like you do your fruit. Bake like normal. It tastes like a sausage gravy biscuit that you can take on the go and it's delicious

It's always a fog of living during that week between Christmas and New Years Day. Lots of stew, ham-beans and cornbread, chicken and dumplings were made during this time when I was little. I have so many memories of watching the Rose Parade on tv while eating a bowl of something warm and savory. Cozy wishes of health and comfort to you and the family, Tipper!

My Mom and Granny always made fried fruit pies from fresh fruits. Wonderful memories.❤

Fried Pies with home made Vanilla ice cream. Cant think of anything i love better!

I like that the pies don’t have to be perfect …they still turn out pretty🥰🙏

I like to watch you bake or cook, you show us it doesn’t have to be perfect but it tastes good.😊

Even when my wife bakes the pies in the oven, we still call them fried pies. 😊😊

You are making my mouth water, loved the way Matt’s eyes 👀 rolled when he tasted.

I bought a mat like that at Aldi a couple of years ago I use it a lot it’s such a big help isn’t it. My daddy’s oldest sister Ruby used to make fried pies a lot we all love them. I always think of her whenever I see them. Those baked ones look so good.😋

This video brought back great memories. My Mother in-law made fried fruit pies just like Granny's. She also liked to make what she called sticky buns. (Cinnamon rolls) I believe we'll be getting snow between now and January 5th Tipper ❄️⛄ Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕

Tipper, I have one of the plastic Tupperware sheets which my hubby has used for rolling out biscuits. I also have the rolling pin but never knew about the ice trick. All our family loves fried apple pies & we drizzle homemade brown sugar syrup over them like my mamaw did. Watching your family sample the yummy hand pies made me hungry.

Watching this takes me back to my grandma's kitchen. Thank you for that

Looks delicious. I've never been able to fry the fried pies right either. My mother In law makes some good ones that she fries. She usually uses applesauce in hers. Yall have a blessed night.

Tipper, loved that you mentioned putting the sugar, cocoa and butter on your crust and bake or fry. My Mother used all her extra dough that way but I have never run across anyone else who cooked them like that. I have been craving more of the chocolate pies like you showed in your video. So glad you did because I did not remember the amounts she used. Thanks Tipper. Enjoy every video.💕💞💕

I haven't had a homemade fried pie in ages. My Mama's dough recipe came from the Grit newspaper and my favorite fruit fillings were made from canned apricots and tart red cherries.

I love fried baked pies. My favorite one will always be apple. I love apple anything

my husband gave me this cookbook for christmas! love it

Our mama taught all four of us girls how to make fried pies and they are so yummy good! I also had a Tupperware rolling pin that one end would screw off of. When we had our second son and went to Lamaze classes we were told if we had one of those rolling pins to bring it with us to the hospital. I don’t know if you can even find them anymore but what we use them for back then was to put ice in or hot water in to roll it on the back of the person that was in labor so it would help with any back labor pain. Just a thought for y’all. They did not give epidurals when I had my second son. And he was a very easy delivery so I didn’t need it but my sister had terrible back labor with her two girls and it really helped her back a lot.

My daughter bought me your cookbook for Christmas I love it. Can't wait to try the recipe's

My momma used to make fold over chocolate pies like you did and my 1st mother in law rolled a big piece of dough out and spread chocolate and butter and sugar all over the she rolled it like a cinnamon roll and baked it. I haven't had fried or baked hand pies in years and years.

This video is complete with easy to make & bake encouragement ! Making two or three, just as easy. I like to bake even one for a satisfying treat.👍 Bake in my toaster oven. Great to learn this treat Tipper !

I love the fact you are a true home cook, you are being real

My Grandma used to make fried apple pies for us when we went to Tennessee to see her, yummy 🤤❤

That is exactly the way my grand mother and mother and I do the chocolate fried pie! But the butter we fried them in made the chocolate even better!

It has been a while since I have made fried pies. My Mom always baked them instead of frying, and that is what I still do.

I swear sometimes I think we are kindred spirits! I made Some apple hand pies for my aunts breakfast Tuesday. They were really good and it makes me feel so good when I can surprise her with something like that. You always give me inspiration. Thank you.

I only learned about silicone matts 3 years ago on KZfaq. I love them! The chocolate one makes me think of my favorite pop tart, brown sugar cinnamon

My grandmother did something similar but she used a very thin pie dough. The filling was apples and apricots stewed together. Anyway, she very lightly oiled a big cast iron fry pan and sort of grilled the pies a couple of minutes on each side. They called these fried pies...Well they were made in a frying pan.

Us kids always loved when Momma made fried pies, my kids loved when I made them and now my grands love for me to make them. You all have better manners than we do, we just pick them up and eat them. Enjoy you pies, I know they're good. ❤🙏Patsy

chocolate and vanilla pudding would be wonderful!!!!!!

Appalachian Chocolate croissants. 😍

My Mom used to make the chocolate pies, but she melted her butter and mixed it with the cocoa and sugar. This brought back so many memories!

Cannot wait to make these. Simple but delicious! Glad you had a wonderful Christmas. Glad Matt is now home all the time. Glad Corie and Austin made it home safe. Thanks for sharing!

This is my favorite place to be. I’ve learned so much over the years, this channel has been such a blessing. I’ve tried so many of your recipes! Ordering your cookbook for my birthday! ❤

My Momma made Fried Apple Pies and fried them in lard! They were the best thing I ever eat in my life! I could eat a mountain full of'em... She'd use fresh apples and cook'em up and spend a few hours in the Kitchen. She had to to feed all us kids. We couldn't never get enough of'em. You shore made me want some now! Gotta send my daughter to Merciers just up the road from me to get some fresh apples! They'll be so good! I got a hankering for some now Tipper. Gotta take one to Granny now! Lol. Thank you. God Bless. 🙏❤😂

My Mother made fried Turnovers filled with fruit 🍎 & butter 🧈 in her little Black Frying pan 🍳 turned them over a few times and so delicious 😋

This makes me so hungry. Yum. 😊 You make it look so easy Tipper.😊

My mother used to make fried pies if she got a rare bag of dried apples. She'd cook the apples down with cinnamon, sugar and butter.😋 😢Then fill in the rounds of dough with the apples, fold over, crimp and fry in a pan. One time she made them when Peter Pan was on TV, so we started calling them Peter Pan Pies. They were heaven, especially with ice cream!! What a memory! ❤❤❤ You can get fry pies from the Amish which are delicious!!

I made some hand pies from your book, using a pierogi maker to fold the dough. My co-worker and her husband loved them!

My grandma made all of those. She got to experiment with different flavors and one time made lemon pudding and put in the pies they were heaven so good. We also called them fried pies😊 my favorite is apple and the lemon

Those look great I remember my grandma's fried pies and she always did apple and peach they were so good.😊

They look delicious! I'm with you Tipper, care more about the taste than the looks. Thank you for sharing Tipper.

We had hand pies when I was a child. My mother made some using fig preserves which my father enjoyed. Wishing all of you much happiness in the new year!

I love hand pies, and I have the little gadgets to make the pies in three sizes. My favorites are apple and peach. I haven't made them in ages. You've inspired me!!

My favorites are peach and blackberry. I need to try these. Granny always made hers fried with lard. Hard to beat those. 😊

We called them fried pies. My grandma always had dried apples and fried them in a skillet

Always looking for a good hand pie recipe. Will give this a try. Thank you!

I love homemade blue berry 🥧 and strawberries 🍓 pies it's delicious your pies look very tasty God bless yall 😋

Yummy pies! I love your Christmas dishes they are lovely ❤️

I’m fortunate working at the University of Georgia to get an extended break during Christmas. I work at the College of Veterinary Medicine in a lab, so we are always required to come in at least one day to keep lab samples moving. We go back this coming Tuesday!!! Mama made fried pies when she was alive, She always made peach from dried peaches……

I Grew Up On Fried Pie's..Sooo Yummy 😋 😍

My mother was known for her fried apple pies. At church meals a lot of people would go to the dessert table first to make sure they got one of "Mrs Reba's" pies. She never had a written recipe so she took that skill with her when she passed away. Other people's are good but they aren't Momma's. I guess that black skillet had something to do with it. Thanks for helping keep good memories around. I hope you'll show us your method of frying chicken sometime.

Those look absolutely delicious 😋

If you had any Hershey bars around, you could break off a few pieces of the milk chocolate for the filling. That would be yummy. Years ago, there was a French bakery in Vancouver where we bought chocolate croissants on vacation. They were heavenly! It's funny how some memories stick with you for 40 years.

Howdy Tipper! You not only made hubby dance from that tasty goodness...Cory did, too!😄 My mother made fried hand pies on cold winter days. We grew up in a woodframe house, and we would shut my folks' bedroom off keeping the heat from the gas stove in the room. Mommy would venture into the cold kitchen to surprise us with hand pies while we were watching westerns or some 70s show. She often used leftover candied yams or sweet potatoes as the filling. Those ones were so delicious! 😋 Thanks for bringing this sweet memory back to mind.💕

Oh Tipper You have got to try my Grannys trick, She cut out a round of dough put on it a pinapple slice, put a cherry in the middle, then sprinkle with brown sugar and chips of butter, then put another round over that and crimp them together, I fry them but baking would be fine, I roll my dough out and cut circles about a inch bigger than the pineapple round.

Thank you for making this video. I will surely try this recipe. Although I don't live anywhere near the Appalachia your channel made me value it's unique traditions. God bless Granny & Happy New Year!. 🙏🙏🙏

I haven't had a homemade fried pie in decades! I bet they are delicious too... Thanks Tipper 🎄🎄

Reach me one of them little apple pies, please, ma'am. Sure wish I had one to go with my morning coffee! Tipper, your videos replenish my soul! Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2024! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Love hand pies with cooked ground beef, pork, or mix of both with sautéed vegies Celery, carrots, potatoes diced tiny & minced onions, minced peppers. Or ground pork or sausage or diced ham mixed in scrambled eggs and peppers, mushrooms, green onions, cheese. Wrap in dough or a tortilla or naan wrap and freeze each wrapped well in wax paper or freezer paper

I know the fried pies were made before stoves with ovens were common. Pioneers also made them because they could fry them over a campfire. I dried some apples this fall I should make some dried apple fried pies.❤❤. TeresaSue

I love your arrangement of oranges, peppermint, and tea set. Very Christmasy.

My mama did fried pies in an iron skillet. She cooked dried apples for the filling

They sure look yummy!😋

Thank you so much. Haven't had a fried pie for over 60 years when my mom made them for me.

All the Pies look delicious!! I know I would go for the Chocolate ones first. Chocolate is my weakness.. 😊

My whole family is from New England. Massachusetts mostly, so all my recipes and style of baking and cooking were northern until I moved and married a good ol' southern boy. At that point I started learning the southern way of cooking. One time his mother made "fried pies." I was so excited to finally get to try a fried pie. Then I realized they are turnovers. She baked them as well and said she still called them fried because of the butter she would brush on the top. She said it was kinda frying. 😂 My mother would always make these when she made full sized pies. She would fill them with her homemade strawberry or blueberry preserves. I make them now, usually my apple preserves. For the apple ones, I brush melted butter on top and sprinkle cinnamon sugar before baking. If I do another filling I use butter and plain sugar. Sometimes, I slip and call them turnovers, and my husband thinks I'm giving him something he hasn't had before. 😂 I am definitely going to try the butter, sugar, and chocolate, maybe some cream cheese too. Thank you for spending time with us.

Your hand pies look delicious! I've never had one. My mom would bake cherry, apple, custard or pecan pies, but never hand pies. I want to try making them, I think my son would love them too.

Mom dried apples every year from our orchard. She would put them outside on screens or in the back window of a car sometimes but started drying them in the oven as she got older. She turned it on the lowest heat and propped the door open to let the moisture escape. Once they were dry, she stored them but then she made dried apple pies and yes, they were mostly fried dried apple pies. She put those dried apples on the stove covered by water and cooked the down to almost applesauce consistency, added butter, sugar and cinnamon, rolled out her dough (started using canned biscuits the last few years), filled it with the apple mix, dipped her finger in water and ran it halfway around and then sealed it with a fork the way you did. The water made a tighter seal. She would fry them in an electric skillet in oil and they were so delicious! She would make them and sell them every year. My mom has been gone since 2016 and I would love to have her dried apple pies again. I’ve made them with strawberry jam and apple butter but I’m going to try your chocolate version. I love chocolate gravy but I’ve never had pies like that one! Thank you for sharing our culture with the world. I love your family’s videos. Looking forward to meeting the boys and watching them grow. I hope you can show the chaos I know boys can create! 😊

Whether they look beautiful they will taste wonderful because they were made with love. I read that there are certain sects of Amish that leave a tiny flaw in everything they make because only God makes perfect.❤

I've always used canned apples, cherries, and blueberries. And canned biscuits rolled out. And pan fried. I'm sure fresh is even better. I will mix the Cocoa and sugar and add butter and try. I'll try baking too. It looks so delicious. Thank you Tipper.

Tipper I made your biscuits and fry pices today!!! They are absolutely delicious!! It is the easiest buscuit recipe I have ever made!! Thank you so much for sharing ❤ My husband and I look forward to each new video you and your beautiful family post. It is a joy to spend time with you all.

Fried pies were such a treat for us. We would fill ours with dried peaches that had been cooked down. SO GOOD! We would fill them with cooked down apples too, but it was a very special occasion. I think that speaks to the area you're in. We are more prone to have peaches growing around here than apples. Just about everybody had a peach tree in their yard

I’ve been making your biscuits for months now so for sure I’ll be making these next….maybe in the morning before I start homeschool with the grandson. I brush the top of-the biscuits with the cream that’s left coating the cup (I can’t stand wasting)they are just the best biscuits ever so I know the pies will be good.

We just called them "fried pies". My grandmother made apple and peach pies using dried fruit from her trees. My grandmother fried hers. Back in UK, they are a standard, but they put meat in them.

Found your channel recently. Love the content! I have a lot of fun watching your family work and cook. Entertaining, wholesome, funny and very much appreciated!

My mother made fried apple pies during all four seasons and we all loved them! Tipper, I’m sure all of yours pies are delicious!

I love the chocolate, my grandmother always made them, she was a fine cook.

Those look wonderful. Brings back memories of my childhood, mama made fried apple pies, using dried apples that she dried herself. She always fried them. Sometimes she would use peach preserves & I loved those…I’ve never tried to make them, maybe someday ❤

I love how peaceful your videos always are

They all look so delicious 😋

I used to make these for my kids with leftover biscuit dough, I would mix cocoa and sugar and spoon onto pats of butter and fry mine, my daughter now 52 asks for these when I visit her

Hey Tipper, that chocolate pie is right up my alley, but heck I'd like all of them too. 🥧🥧🥧🥧

Tipper, I am 43 and you have encouraged me to cook :) Tonight I made the hand pies with apples and they were so yummy!!!!

I will Definitely be trying your chocolate ones!!! Thank you for sharing your recipe and the way you make them!!! God Bless Us All!!!

So yummy! They would be good with cinnamon instead of the cocoa powder. Even cheddar in with apples slices.

Hi Tipper! Made the hand pie for breakfast for breakfast this morning! They was a big hit at our house! I’m loving the cookbook. Thanks for the video on how to make them!😊Regina

I also had the Tupperware pastry mat. I taped the corners down with duct tape so it wouldn’t curl

homemade poptarts. Love it. Tipper, u r the best.

I have always wanted to make fried pies, but I was afraid they would fall apart in the skillet. This seems like something I can do. I used to have one of those crimpers, but I have no idea what happened to it. I’m always purging cabinets and closets, so I probably donated it. 😂

I love any baked goods so I would love this breakfast.

I have never seen your kitchen run out of taste testers, but if you do, I would like to volunteer my services to your kitchen if you ever do!

My Mother & Grandmothers made our family fried pies but I don’t remember if they fried them or baked them. Mom made apple, peach, chocolate & pear pies. They all were good. I know what you are talking about when you said the grainy sugar. My Mom would make chocolate cake icing & it was grainy & I loved that.

All these pies look so delicious! 😋 Never have tried the fried ones because it seemed like too much time required 😅 Back in the day Mickey Dees had their fried apple pies, which were okay, but then they swtiched to baked. The chocolate ones you made look good. Wondering if using butter, cinnamon, & sugar would be good. Yeah, the hot apple & blueberry pies will sure burn the roof of the mouth! That's a nice color sweater on Corie, looks like the one Katie had on the other day. Oh, I remember the Tupperware mats, drove mom nuts with having to put bowls on corners to keep down. Will try your recipe for hand pies on page 35/36 of your cookbook 😊

My mom would make us fried pies when I was a young person. The Apple ones were my favorite. They were delicious. ❤️

What I wouldn't give for one of my Momine's mincemeat fried pies. She made her own mincemeat with suet. Just the most wonderful thing in the world! She did something sorta like a pie dough before frying in her cast iron pan. Wish I had that pan too!

Those pies look delicious