The gardener's recipe of the week: Southern style fried apple pies

1 cup dried apples
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 can (10-count) plain biscuits

Place apples in saucepan. Cover (just barely) with water. Add sugar and cinnamon. Cook until apples are very soft and moist. Mash. Roll out biscuits to 1/8 inch thickness for each biscuit. Place 1/10 of apple mixture on each biscuit round. Fold biscuit edge over fruit. Use a fork to press the edges together firmly so the pies will not come apart while cooking.

Heat oil (1/2 inch depth) in a skillet over medium heat. Place two to three pies at one time into the hot oil. Fry on one side until golden brown--this happens almost immediately. Turn the pie and cook on the other side. Remove from the pan; cool on a plate with several folded paper towels on it to absorb grease. Allow to cool completely before eating. (Apple mixture holds the heat for a long time and will burn the mouth if eaten before the pie has cooled.)