Half Moon Pies Recipe Amish Cooking Dessert Recipes

Wash the Snitz and add the water. Cover and cook until soft and water is completely absorbed. Add sugar and cook 10 minutes longer. Remove from heat. Stir until smooth. Put through ricer. Set aside to col. Make a pie dough, shaping the dough to the size of a walnut. Roll our dough balls into round pieces. Mark half of the dough with a pie crimper and on the other half place one large tablespoon of filling. Shape it like a half moon. Press edges together. Cut off remaining dough wit pie crimper. Bake in hot (400° F. ) oven. Makes 4 to 5 dozen

Snitz:
Cook dried apples until soft. Put through a ricer and add cinnamon and mix. Makes 3¼ qt. prepared snitz.

1 gal. dried apple Snitz
6 c. water
6 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. allspice
1½ tsp. cinnamon

Snitz:
1 gal dried apples
5 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt

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