Description
Homemade apple fritters bring rustic comfort straight from grandma’s kitchen, with golden crispy exteriors and warm cinnamon-spiced centers. Sweet apple chunks nestled in light, airy batter create a delightful dessert you cannot resist trying right now.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups diced apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 large egg
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
Wet Ingredients and Additions:
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a light grease coating.
- Cut apples into small cubes and gently coat with lemon juice to maintain their fresh appearance, then set aside.
- Create a dry mixture by combining flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and both granulated and brown sugars in a large mixing bowl.
- In a separate container, whisk together egg, milk, vanilla extract, and melted butter until well incorporated.
- Gently fold the liquid ingredients into the dry mixture, stirring minimally to avoid overmixing. Carefully incorporate the prepared apple cubes into the batter.
- Using a spoon, distribute the batter onto the prepared baking sheet, forming rustic rounded fritter shapes with slight peaks and valleys.
- Transfer the baking sheet to the preheated oven and bake for 15-18 minutes, monitoring until the fritters develop a golden-brown exterior and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- While the fritters are baking, craft a smooth glaze by whisking powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and optional ground cinnamon until achieving a silky consistency.
- After the fritters have cooled slightly, generously drizzle or dip each fritter into the prepared glaze, allowing the coating to set before serving.
Notes
- Control apple browning by tossing them quickly in lemon juice to maintain fresh color and prevent oxidation.
- Avoid overmixing batter to keep fritters light and tender, which prevents developing tough gluten networks.
- Customize fritters by adding chopped nuts like pecans or walnuts for extra crunch and flavor complexity.
- Create gluten-free version by substituting all-purpose flour with almond or gluten-free blend for dietary accommodations.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 177 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 136 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg