Recipes for Moms - Dessert Recipes

I love Fritters! Fritters are best freshly fried and patted dry with lots of paper towels, eaten hot. They are such a yummy treat. With apple season just around the corner, I thought I would share one of my favorites, Apple Fritters.

Apple Fritters

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/ 4 tsp cinnamon,
• other spices include dash of cloves, nutmeg and ginger
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg beaten well
• 2-3 tart apples
• Light flavored oil for deep fryer, like a corn, or vegetable. Not EVOO!

Directions for Apple Fritters

1. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt.
2. Add milk and well beaten egg. Mix well.
3. Peel and core apples. Then grate the slices and fold into batter.
4. Drop by 1 tbsp of apple fritter batter mixture into hot oil and deep fry until brown.
5. Turn and brown other side.
6. Drain well and pat dry on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

I often add a dash of cinnamon to my powdered sugar and sprinkle it with the tea ball.

If you like fritters like I do and you happen to have a good gardening freind like I do, you might want to try these Spicy Eggplant Fritters . Yumo!