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Glazed Apple Fritters

A sweetened batter made with fresh apples and deep fried till golden brown.
Use a variety of apples, if possible,  to get a more pronounced apple flavor.  I only had three Gala apples so I used them.   You can glaze the fritters or skip the glaze and sprinkle them with powdered sugar.  Or, you can knock yourself out and do both.  This glaze is rather thin and soaks into fritters keeping them very moist but it doesn't set up on the fritters like the glaze on doughnuts.   If you want the glaze thicker, increase the amount of powdered sugar from 2 cups to 3.Regular milk is traditionally used  in fritters.  As part of my mission to restore buttermilk's good name, I used it in this recipe.   The results were outstanding.   Go, buttermilk!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Course: bread, Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American South
Keyword: apples, bread, dessert, fritters, glazed apple fritters
Servings: 3 dozen
Author: Jackie Garvin

Ingredients

For batter:

  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon We prefer a lot of cinnamon. You might want to reduce the amount some if you're not crazy for cinnamon like us
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 3 medium apples

For glaze:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • for batter:
  • Mix buttermilk, eggs, vanilla.
  • Sift or whisk together flour and cinnamon.
  • Add to wet mixture and stir lightly.
  • Add brown sugar and stir.
  • Peel, core, and dice each apple separately, adding each to the batter as soon as they are diced. Stir after each addition. Coating each freshly diced apple with the batter quickly helps them to keep from turning brown.
  • Add 2 inches of cooking oil to a a sturdy cooking vessel that's appropriate for deep frying. Preheat to 350 degrees.
  • Cooking in batches, drop tablespoons of batter in the hot grease. Don't crowd them. As soon as the edges are brown, flip the batter and fry until that side is browned. Flip every 20 seconds, or so, until both sides are golden brown.
  • Removed to a paper towel lined tray or dish.
  • Repeat in batches until all batter is fried.
  • for glaze:
  • Mix all glaze ingredients until smooth.
  • for glazed apple fritters:
  • Add each fritter to the glaze mixture and turn to coat.
  • Place glazed fritters on a wire rack.
  • optional: dust each glazed fritter with powdered sugar
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