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This easy Apple Fritters recipe is the quickest and best way to make this old fashion treat. A warm, fresh donut with homemade glaze is one of my favorite things. A bit similar to the beloved funnel cake, but WAY better!
I really love baking with apples and adore anything apple fritter! You will also love our our popular Amish Apple Fritter Bread – it’s fantastic!
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Oh, my goodness! My family LOVE this recipe! I make them into little “Donut holes” and I always have to make a double batch! Thanks for posting this recipe! It’s our favorite!
Apple Fritters
These homemade apple fritters are made right on the kitchen stove in a simple skillet and some oil. They are soft and sweet on the inside and crunchy on the outside.
Ingredients You Need
- Apples. You’ll need two large apples and we prefer Granny Smith for these.
- Flour. All purpose.
- Sugar. To sweeten.
- Baking Powder.
- Salt.
- Milk. Whichever kind of milk you like.
- Cinnamon. For flavor.
- Unsweetened Applesauce. For extra apple flavor.
- Vegetable Oil. For frying.
Donut Glaze Ingredients
I just love a simple powdered sugar glaze! Three ingredients, made fast and it’s so easy. Plus, it can go on just about anything.
- Powdered Sugar.
- Milk.
- Vanilla.
How To Make Apple Fritters
- Dry Ingredients. In a bowl, stir the dry ingredients.
- Add Wet Ingredients. Stir in the milk and applesauce next.
- Apples. Dice up your apples into small bites and fold them into the batter.
- Fry. Heat oil in the skillet to about 375 degrees. Then, drop the batter in 1/3 scoops for 2 minutes on each side. Let them cool on a rack while you make the glaze.
- Glaze. Stir the three glaze ingredients together and dip each fritter in. Let the excess drip and enjoy.
These are most certainly the best tasting when they are warm and fresh! Serve them in the morning with your cup of coffee or a cool glass of milk.
Can you Bake these Apple Fritters?
Yes you can, BUT I would not recommend baking. You will get the best results with frying this recipe.
Tips:
- Heat – Use a thermometer to make sure the oil is at the correct temperature making sure the tip is not touching the bottom of the pan.
- Fry – I fry in batched. Add in 3 fritters at a time. This will prevent crowding and helps with any undercooked issues.
- Color – The darker the fritters the crisper the they’ll be.
- Rest – Let your fritters rest on a wire rack after a minute on a paper towel. This will help keep them crisp.
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Ingredients
Fritter Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup milk
- 2 large apples, diced
- vegetable oil
Glaze Ingredients
- 3 cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Fritter Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon to combine.
- Add applesauce and milk to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Fold in the diced apples.
- Heat 2 inches of oil in a large skillet to about 375 degrees.
- Scoop 1/3 cup of the apple fritter batter and place in the hot oil, spreading it down to flatten.
- Cook on one side for about 2-3 minutes until golden brown, then flip with tongs and cook another 1-2 minutes.
- Place the cooked fritters on a cooling rack with a pan or parchment paper underneath to catch oil drippings.
- Continue with all the batter.
Glaze Instructions
- Whisk the glaze ingredients together in a medium sized bowl until smooth.
- Dip each fritter into it.
- Place back on rack to harden and drip.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These were fast, easy and so good. Making them for Sunday lunch. Hope they are as good as just made. ( not soggy) Fingers crossed!!
They look delicious and easy to make!
I made these two weeks ago, they WERE so easy and delicious! I did not have applesauce so diced up a peeled Granny Smith, cooked and mashed it to use. Worked great.
I plan to make these using Gluten Free flour, I know they will be wonderful!! now to get my apples!!
I have made these twice today just to tweet it a bit I added extra cinnamon and cut back to 1 apple because mine are very large Wolf River apples perfect for baking I still didn’t get the crispness I wanted so next time I will try using Peanut oil but is still a great recipe
These were very good!! I only had bread flour so I used that and they came out really fluffy!! I will definitely be making these again!!! I had gala apples but I think next time I will Granny Smith’s.
Thanks for the recipe!!
we have made these several times, love them, i am wondering if i can fry a few and refridgerate remaining batter to fry the next morning, or is there a trick to keeping them crispy for the next days?
Does anyone know if gluten free flour can be used for these fritters?
I don’t see why you couldn’t, I used wheat bread flour on mine
Have you tried making these with GF flour? If so, how much flour did you use and how did they turn out?
Just tried these this morning and they are very fun! I didn’t have applesauce, so I used a little apple butter and they turned out great. A winner in our house!
Ah, I was hoping someone would say they tried apple butter!!
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Think I will make these tomorrow
did u make it ? if so how was it
i made the apple fritter recipe . so easy and the best recipe i have tried . today making it again plus peach instead of apple . will see how it does. but, know the apple is great