Homemade Apple Fritters with Icing

homemade Apple Fritters in a green plate

Homemade Apple Fritters may not be traditionally Italian, but they are one of my dad's favorite desserts.

So simple to make, these apple fritters with icing are the perfect after dinner dessert with a cup of coffee. No lie, they come together as easy as these Zeppole Italian Doughnuts called Sfingi.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 19

Total Time 39

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 384 kcal

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Equipment

Ingredients

Dough

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup milk
2 eggs
vegetable oil for frying

Apple Sauce (14 oz. cooked)

2 tbsp butter
18 oz apples about 2 small size honeycrisp, golden delicious or granny smith
½ cup brown sugar
¼ tsp cinnamon

Icing

2 cups icing sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
⅓ cup milk or so

Instructions

To make the apples sauce, melt the butter in a medium sized frypan add apples and brown sugar. Let cook for about 2 to 3 minutes until apples are slightly transparent. Turn off heat and add cinnamon. Set aside to let cool.
Place the flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl and stir together to combine.
Add eggs and milk. Stir together, add more flour or milk as needed to create a smooth but sticky dough.
Fold in as much of the apple sauce a little at a time into the dough. If the dough becomes to wet, add more flour. If the dough is to dry add more apple sauce.
Heat up a medium size saucepan filled with about 3 to 4 inches of vegetable oil to about 375℉. Test the oil by placing a little bit of dough and see if the dough fizzes and cooks.
Take a soup spoon and spoon some of the dough and drop it into the oil using a spatula to guide the dough off your spoon. Turn the fritter once the bottom is golden. It will take about 2 minutes for the fritters to cook.
Place cooked apple fritters on a plate lined with paper towel to absorb the oil. Let cool completely before icing.
To make the icing, place the icing sugar in a small bowl, add the vanilla and then add the milk slowly to create a thick icing that you can pour over the fritters.

Notes

Storage Instructions:

Eat immediately. Cover any homemade apple fritters loosely with plastic wrap at room temperature for not longer than one to two days.

Tips

These apple fritters can be made in advance and frozen before icing. Then thaw them out overnight and ice as usual.

When making the icing, pour the milk into the powdered sugar a bit at a time until you get the consistency that you want. Add more milk or more sugar as needed.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 384kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 5gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 160mgPotassium: 172mgFiber: 2gSugar: 57gVitamin A: 224IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 119mgIron: 2mg

Keyword 5 ingredients or less, apple dessert, quick recipe

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