Alan - As promised, the report on the apple hand pies:

I've never been shy when it comes to labor intensive recipes, but
there has to be a payoff. This recipe was very time consuming and,
ultimately, not worth the effort (although I thank you most sincerely
for posting it). I'm going to fiddle around a bit - Dimitri posted a
good runner-up that has possibilities. The DH said it tasted like his
father's hand pies, but needed more filling - easily fixed for next
time. The DH (who is the Tommy Tango of southern California) insists
that his father pan fried them in cast iron skillets. If I can cobble
together a recipe that works, I'll post it.

Meanwhile, thank you for the recipe. It's given me a starting place!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch!"

-- W.C. Fields

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