Chocolate Fried Pies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups biscuit mix
• 1/2 cup milk
• cooking oil (for frying)
• sifted powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 for the filling: in a saucepan combine sugar, flour, and unsweetened cocoa powder.
• 2 stir in 1/2 cup milk and butter or margarine.
• 3 cook over medium heat till the mixture is thickened and bubbly. stir constantly.
• 4 stir in vanilla. cool.
• 5 for the dough: in a mixing bowl stir together the biscuit mix and 1/2 cup milk.
• 6 on a well floured surface knead the dough 12 times.
• 7 roll the dough to 1/8inch thickness.
• 8 cut dough into twelve inch circles.
• 9 place 1 tablespoon filling in the center of each circle of dough.
• 10 brush the edge of the dough with water. fold the dough over the filling; press the edges together with tines of a fork to seal.
• 11 in a skillet heat 1 inch cooking oil to 375 .
• 12 fry the pastries for about 2 minutes, or until golden. turn once.
• 13 drain on paper towel and sprinkle warm pastries with sifted powdered sugar.