Ingredients
- • 1 heaping cup all purpose flour
- • 1/3 cup sugar
- • 1 tsp. baking powder
- • dash salt
- • 1 – 2 tsp. cinnamon (depending on how much you love cinnamon)
- • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- • 1 T. butter (melted)
- • 1 egg
- • 1/3 cup milk + plus more if needed
- • 1 – 1 1/2 cups chopped apple (your favorite kind for eating) peanut sized or smaller
- • oil for frying
- • milk and powdered sugar glaze for dipping or just powdered sugar for dusting (About 1 cup pwd. sugar + 1 T. milk or more)
Preparation
Step 1
Mix all dry ingredients together, slowly add the wet ingredients minus the apple.
Step 2
Carefully mix until well combined but not overly beat, gently fold in apple pieces. The batter should be the consistency of a light cake mix.
Step 3
Once the oil is ready (when a test drop of dough floats to the top of the oil, a drop of water sizzles, or a piece of white bread browns in 60 seconds) then using a cookie scooper or soup spoon, place a 4-5 balls of dough into the oil.
Step 4
Be careful not to overcrowd and watch carefully for the underside to turn golden brown, then gently flip over and continue frying until done. I cooked mine about 35 seconds per side, but they were the size of golf balls – adjust cooking times based on size of fritters and temperature of your oil, ideally around 365° F. It is always a good idea to test one to ensure it comes out like you are expecting.