Fried pies, also known as fry pies, are mainly

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pie A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), fruit preserves ( jam tart ...

s that are a type of

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s, that are fried. The

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filling is wrapped in the

dough Dough is a malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from flour (which itself is made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops). Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes ...

, similar to the dough of a

pie crust Shortcrust is a type of pastry often used for the base of a tart, quiche, pie, or (in the British English sense) flan. Shortcrust pastry can be used to make both sweet and savory pies such as apple pie, quiche, lemon meringue or chicken pie. ...

History

Historically in the

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, fried pies were known as "Crab Lanterns", a term that dates back to at least 1770, and may originate from crab apple pies that had slits for ventilation, thus resembling a lantern.

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fried pies were popular with U.S. president

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Fast food versions have gained popularity more recently.

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apple pies were introduced on the menu in 1968, but in 1992 they were phased out in favor of a baked pie (claimed to be healthier) in the United States. There are some McDonald's restaurants throughout the US and world which still offer the fried pies, including all McDonald's restaurants in the

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and

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. Flavors include

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and

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(US mainland),

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, and

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, (Hawaii), and

green bean Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean ('' Phaseolus vulgaris''), although immature or young pods of the runner bean ('' Phaseolus coccineus''), yardlong bean ( ''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''sesquipedali ...

red bean Red bean is a common name for several varieties of beans and plants and may refer to: * ''Small red beans'', also known as "Mexican red beans," "Central American red beans," and "New Orleans red beans" * Adzuki bean (''Vigna angularis''), commonly ...

(

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). The

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chain also offers fried pies on its menu, in apple and " wild berry" flavors.

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and

Popeyes Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. is an American multinational chain of fried chicken restaurants founded in 1972 in New Orleans and headquartered in Miami. It is currently a subsidiary of Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International. , Popey ...

also offer fried pies.

Hubig's Hubig's Pies, also sometimes called Hubig's New Orleans Style Pies, are a brand of fruit and sweet-filled fried pies that are produced by the Simon Hubig Pie Company in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. The product was off the market from 2012 ...

, New Orleans' famous local fried pie maker and the last one of its kind, burned on July 27, 2012, but expects to rebuild. It was the last one from a southeastern chain that originated in Ft. Worth, Texas, that did not survive the

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. The owners originally stated that they planned to rebuild the factory as soon as possible. As of 2022, the factory is now finished.

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