Name: Fried Pies
Ingredients: 1 pk Dried peaches; apricots or apples (10-oz.); 1/4 c Sugar; 1/4 ts Cinnamon; 1/4 ts Nutmeg; 1 tb Lemon juice; 2 8" pie crust pastry dough

Our local deity is not Jesus. He goes by the name Jesus. But in reality, our local deity is Jesus Jr. Our little Jesus is popular because he is useful. He makes us feel better while conveniently fitting into the margins of our busy lives. But he is not terrifying or compelling or thrilling. When we hear the gospel of Jesus Jr., our casual response is “Yeah, that’s what I believe.” Jesus Jr. does not confront us, surprise us, stun us. He looks down on us with a benign, all-approving grin. He tells us how wonderful we really are, how entitled we really are, how wounded we really are, and it feels good. Jesus Jr. appeals to the flesh. He does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him. He is not able to understand them, much less impart them, because Jesus Jr. is the magnification of Self, the idealization of Self, the absolutization of Self turning around and validating Self, flattering Self, reinforcing Self. Jesus Jr. does not change us, because he is a projection of us.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Pies/pastri, Jolyn, Fruits	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Dried peaches; apricots or apples (10-oz.)
1/4	c	Sugar
1/4	ts	Cinnamon
1/4	ts	Nutmeg
1	tb	Lemon juice
2		8" pie crust pastry dough

INSTRUCTIONS

Cover peaches with water and cook for 15 minutes; drain. Mash peaches and
add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice. Roll out pastry, and using a
6" saucer as a guide, cut out circles. Place about 2 tablespoons of fruit
mixture on half of each circle and fold over. Dip fork into flour and crimp
edges. Fry in 1" of oil in an electric skillet until golden brown. Drain on
paper towelling. Serve warm (wonderful with butter on top) or cool.
Note: The dough for two 8" pies will make about 7 or 8 fried pies.
Recipe by: Joe & Lynda Beaugez
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #855 by Lynda Beaugez <beaugez@bellsouth.net>
on Oct 20, 1997

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