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Greek Style Apple Fritters

15 Minutes
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
COOK TIME:
10 Minutes
SERVINGS:
8 Servings
  • FRITTERS
  • 2 cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 2-1/4 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1-1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 2 whole Large Eggs
  • 3/4 cups Whole Milk
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
  • 2 whole Granny Smith Apples, Peeled And Diced
  • Powdered Sugar (optional, For Dusting)
  • GLAZE (optional)
  • 1-1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1/4 cup Milk
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with a fork, then add milk, melted butter, and vanilla.

Gently fold dry and wet ingredients together until just combined (do not overmix.) Fold in apples. Add enough apples to make a very chunky batter. You want the apples to shine though!

Heat a couple of inches of canola oil over medium to medium-low heat. When it gets hot, drop a little drop of batter into the oil. If it sizzles immediately and rises to the top, the oil is ready; if it burns quickly, turn down the heat.

Drop teaspoons of batter into the hot oil, six or eight at a time. Sometimes they'll flip over by themselves; sometimes you have to flip them. Just watch them and make sure they don't get too brown, but cook them long enough to make sure the batter's cooked through, about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes total.

Remove and drain on a paper towel. Dust very generously with powdered sugar, or dip fritters in a light doughnut glaze (mix all glaze ingredients together, then dunk warm fritters).

Serve warm!

**May be heated up the next day in a 350 degree oven for 8 minutes.

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Step by Step Instructions 

Here’s what you need: apples, flour, cinnamon, sugar, whole milk, butter, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and eggs.
Before you begin, add a couple of inches of canola oil to a pot or dutch oven, and heat it over medium to medium-low heat.
 
TPW_9233In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
 
 
TPW_9234Whisk them together to combine.
 
 
TPW_9235Peel two or three apples…
 
 
TPW_9249Then slice them…
 
 
TPW_9251And dice them. Keep the chunks on the small side so the apples have a chance to cook.
 
 
TPW_9237In a separate bowl, crack two eggs…
 
 
TPW_9240Beat them with a fork…
 
 
TPW_9243Add the vanilla…
 
 
TPW_9248And mix it together.
 
 
TPW_9254Pour the egg mixture and the milk into the dry ingredients…
 
 
TPW_9257And fold it together gently, until it’s not quite combined.
 
 
TPW_9258Next, add 2 to 3 tablespoons melted butter…
 
 
TPW_9261And the apples…
 
 
TPW_9264And fold together gently. It’s ready to go! If the batter doesn’t look chunky enough, by all means add more apples. You want the apples to shine through!
 
 
TPW_9276Now, to test the oil, I drop a tiny bit of batter into the oil. If it sizzles and rises to the top immediately, the oil is ready. If it immediately browns and starts to burn, however, you need to decrease the heat a bit!
 
 
TPW_9278Aww. What a cute little test fritter.
I wonder…does the test fritter even know that it’s just a test fritter?
I know I’m not going to be the one to tell him after all he’s gone through.
 
TPW_9273To make neat, round fritters, I use this little number.
I love these scoops, and they come in pretty much every size under the sun. They’re handy for so many different things!
 
TPW_9281Scoop…
 
 
TPW_9285Drop…
 
 
TPW_9287And it rises to the top and immediately begins browning. But not violently browning…just slow and steady.
 
 
TPW_9291This one actually flipped over on its own. It happens sometimes.
 
 
TPW_9292And a little under two minutes later, I took it out. You have to watch the fritters the whole time, just to make sure they don’t burn.
Now, the round shape above is cute and neat and all, but if the balls are too big, the batter in the very center will still be runny by the time you have to remove them from the oil. So make sure you don’t scoop too much batter at a time. Keep them small!
 
 
TPW_9297Another option is to use a regular teaspoon…
 
 
TPW_9299And drop them in.
 
 
TPW_9320Or, if you like more wacky shapes and more surface area, drag the spoon as you’re dropping the batter into the oil. This results in a flatter fritter.
Flatter fritter. Say that ten times.
 
 
TPW_9311Remove the fritters from the oil and let them drain on a paper towel.
 
 
TPW_9502They should be crispy, crispy, crispy!
 
 
TPW_9507My favorite thing to do is immediately dunk the fritters, coating them thoroughly, in the simple glaze I use to coat my Homemade Glazed Doughnuts. I think it somehow anchors in the wonderful flavor and texture of the fritters, and gives them more of a doughnut quality.
 
 
TPW_9522But an easier/quicker approach, of course…
 
 
TPW_9532Is a very generous dusting of powdered sugar. Yum!
 
 
TPW_9534
 
 
TPW_9519Mmmm. Perfect! The fritter is done all the way through, and there’s plenty of apple in there to make it extra delicious.
Do NOT skeemp on zee apples!
 
 
TPW_9552And don’t skimp on the fritters! Make a ton—you can heat them up the next morning in a 350-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes, and they’re totally delicious…maybe even more so.
Enjoy!



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