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| Apple Fritters |
My son Timothy loves doughnuts. Ask him what kind of cake he wants for his
birthday, and it’s...“I want doughnuts!”
With hot fritters from favorite bakeries in mind I wanted to figure out
how to do these at home. This recipe was meant to satisfy Timothy's doughnut craving
and use some fresh apples at the same time.
Needless to say he loves these!
(As do the rest of the kids.) My
husband asked me to make these only once a year as they are hard to stop at
just one!
4 ½ teaspoons dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1 ½ cup milk, scalded then cooled
1 ½ cups sugar, divided
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/3 cup shortening
5 cups flour, divided
2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped rather small
1 cup sugar plus 3 teaspoons cinnamon
Canola oil
for frying
In small bowl mix 1 cup sugar with 3 teaspoons cinnamon and set aside. In bowl of electric mixer. Mix warm water and yeast until combined. Add milk, ½ cup sugar, salt, eggs, shortening
and 2 cups flour. Beat for a couple
minutes, scraping bowl a few times. Stir
in chopped apples. Add 2 more cups flour,one cup at a time, mixing well. Add final cup of flour and stir a minute then
add sugar and cinnamon mixture and mix just until swirled through dough. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until
doubled, about an hour. In deep fryer,
heat an inch or two of canola oil to about 350 degrees. On heavily floured
surface pour out half the dough. Spread
dough out to 1 inch thickness. Let rest
a minute and turn dough over onto other side, flouring both sides of
dough. Cut into 4 or 5 inch pieces with a
pizza cutter. Fry in hot oil until
browned on both sides. Place on tray
lined with paper towel. Cool for a
minute and dip in glaze. Place glazed apple fritters on bakers placed rack on top of baking sheet. Let sit a minute before serving. Repeat using the remaining dough.
Glaze:
2/3 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
8 tablespoons hot water
In small pot, melt butter. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and hot
water. Whisk until smooth. Dip hot fritters in glaze, allow to set a
minute before serving hot.