Apple Fritters are luscious deep-fried donuts filled with apples and cinnamon and drizzled with an easy three-ingredient glaze. You can have these scrumptious warm apple fritters in your hands in less than thirty minutes. Make sure you stash a couple for yourself, or you might blink your eyes, and they will be gone. These are one of my darling daughter’s favorite goodies. She can not get enough of them!
We are just crazy about apple recipes. But honestly, who isn’t? After all, they keep coming out with more and more delicious apples. This recipe, Apple Dump Cake, Apple Strudel, and Apple Cookies are just a few of our favorites.
Wouldn’t these taste fabulous with a hot cup of coffee? These delectable Apple Fritters are so easy and quick. They can be all yours in about thirty minutes. Your family and friends are going to love them. They are best enjoyed shortly after you cook them, but they will stay up to two days, covered loosely with paper towels in a brown paper bag.
Why this recipe works!
- Homemade warm, sweet apple fritters that are better than your local bakery.
- Only wholesome natural ingredients with no artificial colors or preservatives.
- Easy and quick to mix and fry.
- The fritters can be fried up in a fryer, Dutch oven, or heavy stock pot.
How to make Apple Fritters
First, peel, core, and dice a couple of Granny Smith or Honey Crisp apples. I like to dice them somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 inch. That way, you get a good taste of that sweet apple. Now grab a large bowl and add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Whisk it around and get it all mixed together. Make a well in the middle and add the milk, egg, and applesauce. Now stir the mixture just until it is combined.
Fill a Dutch oven or large heavy stock pot with about 1 1/2 inches of canola oil. Use a candy thermometer and bring the oil to 375 degrees. Carefully drop about 1/4 cup of batter per fritter into the hot oil. I like to spread the batter a little while I am pouring it so that the fritter does not end up too fat and so it cooks all the way through. Cook each side until golden brown. It takes about 2 minutes per side. Remove to paper towels to drain.
Once they have cooled, whisk together the milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Finally, dunk the fritters in the glaze, turning over to make sure each side is coated. Place on wire racks to air dry and drip.
Can you bake these fritters?
This is a question that I am asked quite frequently. Yes, I am sure there are lots of great recipes out there for baked apple fritters; however, this particular recipe needs to be fried. Do your best to keep the oil at 375 degrees so the fritter absorbs less of the oil.
Recipe notes and helpful tips
- Don’t over-mix the batter, as it may make the fritters tough.
- Don’t overcrowd the pan when frying so the donuts cook better, and the oil temperature is easier to maintain.
- Use a candy thermometer to track the temperature of the oil.
- A Dutch oven or heavy pot helps the oil hold its temperature.
- Try to maintain a constant temperature of 375 degrees. When you add the batter, the temperature will drop, so you must increase the heat a tad. Likewise, when you remove the fritters from the oil, the temperature will increase, so you need to turn the heat down a tad.
- Remove the fried fritters to paper towels to drain.
- Store the cooled cooked fritters wrapped loosely in paper towels in a brown paper bag.
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Apple Fritter Recipe
Ingredients
Apple Fritters
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons applesauce
- 2 large Granny Smith apples or Honey Crisp apples peeled cored and diced
- canola oil or vegetable oil for frying
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in medium bowl. Make a well in the center and add 1/3 cup milk, eggs and applesauce. Stir just to combine. Fold in apples.
- Heat 1 1/2 inches of oil in heavy skillet, dutch oven or deep fryer to 375 degrees. Drop about 1/4 cup of batter per fritter into hot oil; spreading it out as you drop. Cook each side until golden brown; approximately 2 minutes per side. Use a slotted spoon to remove to paper towels to drain.
- Whisk together 1/4 cup milk, powdered sugar and vanilla. Dunk each fritters in the glaze turning over to make sure both sides coated. Place on wire racks to air dry and drip.
Notes
- Don’t over-mix the batter as it may make the fritters tough.
- Don’t overcrowd the pan when frying so the donuts cook better and the oil temperature is easier to maintain.
- Use a candy thermometer to track the temperature of the oil.
- A dutch oven or heavy pot helps the oil hold its temperature.
- Try to maintain a constant temperature of 375 degrees. When you add the batter the temperature will drop so you must increase the heat a tad. Likewise when you remove the fritters from the oil the temperature will increase so you need to turn the heat down a tad.
- Remove the fried fritters to paper towels to drain.
- Store the cooled cooked fritters wrapped loosely in paper towels in a brown paper bag.
Nutrition
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Cyndi Beltran
So excited to try these! I’m not sure if you’ve answered this already, but do you think almond or oat milk would make a decent milk substitute? Thank you!
Beth Pierce
Yes I think that you could! Enjoy!
VICTORIA Mccarty
Thank you for wonderful recipes!
Beth Pierce
You are most welcome!
CkdCrsdr
I was actually looking for a recipe for rhubarb fritters and gave up, then looked for an apple fritter recipe I could tweak.. This was perfect! I used half the cinnamon and added a little ground ginger and they are SO delicious and pillowy and knobby and the right amount of sweet and fruity! Very versatile recipe! I will definitely be making this as written with apples this fall. Thank you!!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! So glad that you like the recipe. I bet they were delicious!
Nicole
I used almond milk because I didn’t have regular and it worked perfectly.
Beth Pierce
Thanks for the tip Nicole!
Rita
These fritters are delicious. Any tips on how to flatten them. Some of mine were more round than flat.
Beth Pierce
It has been a while since I made these so I am trying to remember the consistency of the dough. Is it possible to maybe pat it down a little on the spoon before lowering into the oil?
Gwen Patrick
Sooo good! Beautiful! Used prepared vanilla frosting ( didn’t have powdered sugar!) spread it on as soon as they drained on a rack for a minute—-beautiful! Thanks again for this treat!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! So glad that you liked them! The pleasure is all mine!!
Hosanna Michelle Mohr
Have you ever flavored the glaze? if so, how did it go? I was thinking about making some with a chocolate glaze, but I wonder if lemon, orange, or even a mint glaze could work. I know it not traditional, but hey, why not try? 🙂
Beth Pierce
No I have not but it sounds delicious and should work well.
Don
My wife loves apple fritters. I saw this recipe and decided I would surprise her. They came out great. I just followed the recipe as written.
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Don! So glad that you and the wife liked them!!
Mogivi
These do sounds good! This recipe is a keeper! Thanks!
Barb
These are PHENOMENAL! They taste as good as bakery fritters. I bake for a lot of elderly seniors who with sweet toothed. They are going to love them.
Great recipe and easy to follow.
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Barb! So glad that you liked them. I sure hope the seniors like them.
Hannah
Could you mix up the batter the night before, refrigerating them overnight, and fry them in the morning?
Beth Pierce
No sorry that will not work.
Juanita
Hannah as a time saver you could combine your drive ingredients the night before in a covered bowl and get your wet ingredients measured and prepped and leave in fridge. Combine in the am. Add a squirt of lemon juice to your diced apples and stir to combine before covering and refrigerating, to prevent browning. Store them separately from your other wet ingredients.
Katie
This looks so good! I can’t wait to try this one with my family.
Jen
Such a delicious way to start the day! My kids devoured all of them so I’d definitely call this a success.
Karens
Very quick sand. Easy. I love them
Long
So good and so easy! My son commented twice on how good they were. Will make again! Thank you!!
Michael Kay
I have been so disappointed trying to find a good Apple Fritter that I stopped buying them 10 years ago. On a whim I googled recipes this morning and chose yours. I absolutely loved them. Followed recipe exact except I only had Fuji apples. They worked fine. Cooked quicker than 2 minutes per side. I left off the glaze due to sugar problems, but the fritter was very good without it. Thank you for this fine recipe
Beth Pierce
Thanks Michael! So glad that you liked them! You are most welcome!
MomWhoLikesToBake
Incredibly easy to make and the Apple fritters came out beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much! So glad that you liked them!!