Apple Fritters… crunchy, sweet, and melt-in-your-mouth on the outside, cinnamon-y dough with apple chunks on the inside.  I can’t think of a better use for our apple drops that we are collecting in the early hours of the morning.  A delightful early morning treat to pair with a steaming cup of coffee on a crisp fall morning.

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Harvest Apple Fritters

SERVINGS 12fritters CHANGE SERVING SIZE fritters

COOK TIME 4minutes

PREP TIME 10minutes

READY IN 15minutes

Ingredients

• 4-6 canola oil approximately
• Fritters:
• 1 cup flour all purpose
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder sifted
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3-1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 cup apple(s) chopped
• Glaze
• 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
• 2 tablespoons milk or half and half

Instructions

1. Pour oil into a cast iron or other heavy duty skillet so that it is approximately 1 ½” deep. Heat oil on medium high. Oil is ready when dough floats to top. (don’t let it get too hot or the fritters will burn!)—do a little tester with the dough to be sure the oil is hot enough.
2. Prepare the glaze by stirring the milk (or half and half) and sifted powdered sugar together in a small bowl—you want it to be a fairly thick glaze.
3. Prepare the fritter by combining the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Stir in milk, vanilla and egg until just combined (add enough milk to make a thick batter).
4. Fold in apple chunks
5. Carefully add dough to the oil in heaping tablespoons. Cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes, then flip. Cook another 1-2 minutes, until both sides are browned.
6. Transfer briefly to paper towels to absorb excess oil, then transfer to cooling rack.
7. Drizzle glaze over the apple fritters while they are still warm. Wait approximately 3 minutes for glaze to harden, then flip fritters and drizzle glaze over the other side. Best served warm. Enjoy!