Apple Fritters - SPLENDID MARKET ®

Does the “apple a day” theory count if they are battered and fried??

Chunks of fresh, crunchy apples, cloaked in this ridiculously easy to make dough and then dropped into bubbly oil make the most delicious apple fritters. Hot from the fryer, your friends and family will enjoy a crunchy golden brown shell enclosing a tender white pastry studded with fresh apple chunks. The warmth and texture of these morsels are the perfect foil to cold Autumn mornings and crisp afternoons.

Apple
Fritters

makes about 1 dozen fritters, can
be expanded as needed.

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1cup sparkling water

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 large apple, peeled, cored and chopped

Cinnamon sugar

Vegetable oil — filled to recommended levels
in a deep fat fryer, or about 4 inches deep in a heavy, straight sided kettle.

Preparation

Mix together the flour, water, salt and egg.
Stir apples into batter until all of the apple chunks are coated.

Heat vegetable oil in deep fat fryer to 375
degrees.

Test oil readiness by dropping a small drop of
dough in the hot oil.

The oil should bubble around the dough and it
should float to the surface.

Carefully (don’t let the oil splash) drop a
large spoonful of batter (about 1/3 of a cup) into the oil.

Total cooking time should be about 5 minutes,
or until golden brown. Use a plastic slotted spoon to turn fritters over in the
oil so they are evenly browned.

Remove fritters with slotted spoon. Place on
paper towels to drain for a minute or two before serving.