Amish Apple Fritter Recipe
These apple filled fritters are wonderful and crispy with a sweet glaze.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 16
Calories: 98kcal
1 Dutch Oven or deep Cast Iron Skillet
1 Large slotted spoon
1 Wire rack
1 Electric Mixer or stand mixer
1 instant read cooking/candy thermometer
- FOR THE FRITTERS
- 3 cups Granny Smith Apples, peeled and diced into ½ inch chunks
- 2 teaspoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 cup All Purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
- ¼ cup Buttermilk
- CINNAMON GLAZE
- 1¼ cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons or more Buttermilk
- 4-5 cups Vegetable Oil, for frying
- Keeping the oil temperature at 375 is a key to success with this recipe. Keep an instant-read thermometer handy, and keep in mind that the temperature goes down when you add the fritters to the oil. The goal is to keep the temperature as steady as you can. No problem, right?
- Use a large spoon like the kind you'd eat your cereal with - to gently slide the fritter batter carefully into the hot oil, a generous tablespoon, sort of flattended as you slide it in. A large spoon helps to flatten the dough as you slide it in, and makes for even frying.
- Don't want to use a glaze? Make a cinnamon sugar mixture (a half cup sugar and one teaspoon of cinnamon) and toss the hot fritters in this instead.
Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 89mg | Potassium: 103mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 58IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg