Apple Jacks

Whether you call them Apple Jacks or Apple Turnovers, this fruit filled pastry is a holiday treat enjoyed by all of our family.

Apple Jacks

Ingredients - Apple Filling
6 each....................large apples (almost any apple will do)
2 cups....................granulated sugar (or add sugar to taste)
1/2 stick.................unsalted butter (or add butter to taste)
1/4 tsp...................apple pie spice (or add apple pie spice to taste)

Preparation - Apple Filling
*Peel,core and slice apples
*Place slice apples into a pot filled a small amount of water to allow apples to cook without scorching
*Cook until apples are soft (a filling consistency similar to chunky apple sauce)
*Once apples are cooked, take off heat and allow to cool completely

Ingredients - Pastry Dough
*Prepare biscuit dough (see Mimi's biscuit recipe) or use prepared pastry shells
*Roll out individual apple pastry shells about the size of a grapefruit in diameter
*The the individual pastry shells about 1/8 inch in thickness or thick enough that the shell does not tear when filled with fruit filling


Preparation - Pastry Dough
*Fill each pastry shell with fruit filling  (do not overfill)
*Fold pastry shell over to create a half shell with pastry filling inside
*Crimp pastry shell around the edges to seal pastry filling inside



Cooking
*Always use a cast iron frying pan and crisco shortening
*Use enough crisco to fry the apple jack one side at a time. 
*Let the crisco heat up pretty hot, but not hot enough to allow jacks to brown without burning before time to flip them:) You will have to adjust the temp of the crisco as needed and probably
will need to use two pans as to keep the crisco clean from charred dough and burnt crust.
*After frying the apple jacks, place them on a plate with plenty of paper towels to absorb the crisco as they cool.

Comment(s) by Aunt Gail:
"Truly this is all there is to it.  Make them to your taste and doneness.  As Mom always said, "The ugliest ones are usually the best ones."

Comment(s) by Chase Goode:
"This is one of my favorite desserts because of its wonderful taste and texture, plus it has linked three generations...my Grandmother to my Mother to my Sister.  All experts at making Apple Jacks."