Apple Fritters
Delicious dessert using fresh apples and cinnamon. Similar to an Italian zeppole.
Ingredients
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extra
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 2 Tbsp. Sugar
- 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 Gala Apples peeled and shredded
- 1/2 Lemon
- Pinch Salt
- Powdered Sugar for topping
Instructions
- Heat a deep sauté pan filled halfway with vegetable oil. Heat over low while preparing the ingredients.
- After peeling and shredding the apples, squeeze the juice out of the half of lemon over the apples and mix together to keep the apples from browning too much.
- Separate the yolks from the egg whites into two separate bowls. Add the sugar into the bowl with the yolks and whisk together using a hand mixer with a whisk attachment. Add a few drops of vanilla extract. Whisk until creamy and pale white in color, about three minutes.
- Add in the milk and vodka and mix together with a spatula.
- Mix the flour, baking powder and cinnamon together in a separate bowl. Once mixed, add it into the egg yolk bowl and mix together.
- Add the apples into the bowl and mix.
- Add a pinch of salt into the egg whites bowl. Using the hand mixer with a clean whisk attachment, whisk on a medium speed for about 3 minutes until thickened and can create stiff peaks. Add it into the apple bowl and fold it into itself to mix.
- Test the oil being heated in the deep sauté pan with a toothpick. Dip the toothpick end into the oil and if the oil bubbles around the toothpick, it is ready. Set the flame/heat to medium and start adding in the apple fritters. Scoop in the apple fritters using a tablespoon. You can use a teaspoon to scrape the fritters off of the tablespoon. Do this in smaller batches to not overcrowd.
- Make sure to turn over to cook evenly and fry until golden brown in color, about three minutes. Scoop out of the pan and place on a paper towel lined plate.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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