Apple Fritters Recipe - Simple to Make - Better than any Bakery (2024)

FAQs

Why are my apple fritters falling apart? ›

If you don't squeeze tightly, the fritters can fall apart in the oil.

Adding flour to a wetter batter will give you the thick consistency you want. Add crumbled stock cubes for a flavourful kick! Add as little or as much as you like (or none at all), depending on the flavour you want.

Here's what you need: apples, flour, cinnamon, sugar, whole milk, butter, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and eggs. Before you begin, add a couple of inches of canola oil to a pot or dutch oven, and heat it over medium to medium-low heat.

There are a lot of recipes for apple fritters that use baking powder or soda, which is a chemical rising agent, to make the dough rise.

Get the skillet searing hot.

A hot skillet will start cooking the fritters as soon as they hit the pan. That helps sear a crust on each fritter that will hold them together. A pan that's too cool will create a lackluster crust that could result in a floppy fritter if you're not careful.

The most common causes for soggy fritters are too much batter (basic flour and egg batter like used in pancakes will never cook up crispy), and whatever you're frittering leeches too much water when cooking.

Rice flour and cornstarch work particularly well because they fry up crispier than wheat flour. They also absorb less moisture and fat during the frying process, making the products less greasy. This is why rice flour is often used when making tempura because it produces a very thin and crispy, dry crust.

Is baking soda or powder best for frying? A pinch of baking soda can help produce crispy fried foods. It reacts with the acid in the batter to create carbon dioxide bubbles. These lead to an airy batter and a crisper, fluffier result.

Alternatively, don't use them at all. The eggs are there with the flour to bind the fritters together, and to make the fritters rise a little, but they're not absolutely necessary where cheese will melt and act as binding.

The oil temperature is important!

I like to cook my Bourbon Apple Fritters at about 350°. If the oil is too hot, the outside will burn and the inside will be under-cooked. If the oil is not hot enough, the fritters will absorb a lot of oil and will be greasy.

How good is apple fritter? ›

According to Leafly reviewers, Apple Fritter's effects include feeling relaxed, giggly, and tingly. It's a great hybrid, combining the stone of GSC with the energy of a diesel.

The Apple Fritter strain is a crossbreed between two renowned strains: Sour Apple and Animal Cookies. Each of these parent strains brings its own set of characteristics and attributes to the Apple Fritter lineage, resulting in a hybrid that offers a delightful combination of flavors, aromas, and effects.

Bicarbonate of soda (sometimes called baking soda)

Known to those in white coats as 'sodium bicarbonate' and sometimes shortened down to 'bicarb', this fine powder is capable of giving sponges that extra oomph. It is also an ingredient in baking powder (a little confusing, but all will be explained!).

Here are some frittering tips:

Chop everything to small dice so that the fritters stay together when frying, you are just adding enough egg and flour to barely coat the ingredients, and large chunks have a tendency to make the fritters fall apart.

Mealiness mostly happens to old apples that have been kept in storage, or in improper storage, for too long. Buying apples as close as possible to when they were picked is the surest way to avoid getting mealy ones.

If the donut collapses when touched, it is overproofed. Frying -- Proper temperature of the shortening is 375° F (190.5° C). Allow donuts to dry off at least five minutes before frying. Let the underside attain a golden brown color (55 to 60 seconds) then turn and finish the second side.

You want a thick batter for these fritters. If you find it's a little too thin simply add in some more flour. If the batters too thick (can still see flour etc), add a dash of milk. The batter should be thick enough to hold its shape on a tablespoon without pouring off everywhere.