Grandma's Apple Fritters

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Grandma's Apple Fritters

Difficulty Level: 3

Recipe Source: Grandma Dee
Cooking Time: 2 min
Where To Cook: Deep Fry

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour, sifted
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 4 Tbs. Cooking oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup orange or lemon juice
  • 2 cups chopped apple

Directions:
Preheat oil to 375 degrees F. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar & set aside. Combine egg, cooking oil and vanilla. Combine dry and liquid ingredients and stir to blend thoroughly. Mix juice and apples, mix well. Add to mixture, blend well. Drop from teaspoon into hot oil. (Basket should already be lowered into oil.) Fry about 2 minutes or until crisp and very brown. Remove from oil and drain.

Can also drizzle with glaze: 
2 cups powdered sugar, splash vanilla and 1 ½ Tbsp milk adding milk a little at a time until consistency is good for drizzling.

Serving Information:
Dust with powdered sugar or a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and serve.