well, i'm not quite sure HOW she makes them, i THINK there's canned apple pie filling involved, but i'm pretty certain the crust is homemade. all i do know for sure is that she folds them over into a half-moon shape, crimps edges w/ a fork and fries them. she makes peach fried pies too, and both are to DIE for! if i had one right now i'd send it through the screen to you!