Patelitos (Little Fruit Pies)

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Title: Patelitos (Little Fruit Pies)
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 10 servings

Dough:
1 1/2 c Flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
6 tb Crisco
3 tb Cold water
1 Egg
1 tb Milk
Filling:
1 c Dried fruit
Cooked and drained; * see
-note
1/2 c Sugar
1 tb Honey
1/4 ts Ground cinnamon

Mash the cooked fruit, add sugar, honey and cinnamon. stir well.
**Note-any dried fruit, such as apricots, peaches, pears, currants, prunes
or raisins may be used.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine flour, baking powder and salt int a
mixing bow. Cut in Crisco until mixture resembles fine meal. Slowly add
water until dough is easy to roll. roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut
into 4-inch rounds, put 1 tbsp of fruit filling on one half of each round,
fold over and other half of the round, and pinch edges together firmly.
Prick to tops in several places with teh tines of a fork. Mix egg with milk
and brush on the tops of the pies. bake for 15 minutes or until lightly
browned. makes 10 Pastelitos.

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