Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pies - Filled With Vanilla Puddin'

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup shortening (crisco)
• 1/4 cup cold water
• green food coloring
• shortening (for deep frying)
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 9 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/3 cup powdered milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups warm water

Recipe

• 1 for pudding: mix sugar flour and salt together with a whisk. add milk and microwave until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• 2 quickly add egg yolks, whisking away so they don't cook too fast. cook another minute or until thick.
• 3 add butter and vanilla, whisk again until smooth.
• 4 you may make this on the stove if you don't like the microwave idea, but be sure to stir so the bottom doesn't burn.
• 5 cover with plastic wrap (so a film will not form on top) and let cool.
• 6 for crust: stir salt into flour. measure shortening and cut into flour with a fork or pastry blender until the dough texture is like peas. add a few drops of green food color to 1/4 cup water and mix.
• 7 add and stir to flour mixture until ingredients hold together and color turns green.
• 8 roll dough out onto a floured surface.
• 9 divide into ten balls.
• 10 roll each ball into a circle and add 1/4 cup or less of filling in the center of the circle.
• 11 fold dough in half over filling and crimp edges. don't get any filling on the edge or it might leak out and ruin the pie.
• 12 cook in hot (crisco) shortening at least an inch deep in your skillet, set at 375 degrees, frying about 4 minutes per side.
• 13 important: use a pancake turner or other utensil that will hold the pie, as you don't want it to crack and leak filling when you cook it or you will have a mess. be careful with the hot grease, it will boil up if the filling leaks.
• 14 for glaze: in a large mixing bowl, combine all glaze ingredients until smooth. while pies are still warm, dip them into glaze. allow pies to drip on wire racks until cool.