A warm cup of coffee and an apple fritter make a pretty perfect combination for these crisp evenings we’ve been having lately. Luckily this is a very simple recipe for a delicious, comforting dessert that tastes like it is a whole lot more complicated to make than it is.
It only takes a few minutes to have the batter made and ready to be cooked and about as long to have a batch of piping hot apple fritters ready for their dusting of confectioner’s sugar.
As I was peeling my Granny Smith apples to make these, I told Little Buddy the story of my Great Granddaddy Joe peeling apples for us when I was a little girl.
Granddaddy Joe would sit on the front porch of his house with as many of his grandchildren and great grandchildren that were there on that day. We’d all gather around him as close as we could possibly get to make sure we didn’t miss a word he said. He was so very soft spoken and a man of few words, but when he spoke it was definitely important and something we didn’t want to miss.
He’d have a basket beside him of apples he and my Great Grandmother Annie, whom we called Pah-Pah, would have picked recently. Pulling his pocket knife from the pocket of his overalls, he’d begin to ask the question we were all waiting for him to ask.
“So, who thinks I can peel this apple in one long ring?”
“I do! I do!” We’d all shout as loud as we could, knowing he’d not missed this trick in all the times we’d seen him do it before.
We were also waiting to see who Granddaddy would pick to give the perfect, bouncy ring of peeling once he had performed what seemed like magic to our young eyes.
It was almost like the scene from Polar Express when Santa picks the child to receive the first gift of Christmas.
As I finished telling Little Buddy my story, I passed him the nearly complete ring I’d peeled from our Granny Smith apples. I laughed and told him, “I should have watched Granddaddy Joe one more time to make sure I could do it every time, shouldn’t I?”
A delicious, simple recipe for Apple Fritters
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil + oil for cooking
- confectioner's sugar
Instructions
http://addapinch.com/cooking/2011/10/03/apple-fritters-recipe/
- Mix together all ingredients except confectioner's sugar with a spoon.
- Pour about 1" of oil into skillet and heat for frying apple fritters.
- Place scoops of batter into frying pan once a drop of water sizzles in the hot oil. Cook apple fritters about 3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
- Remove from skillet and drain.
- Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and serve warm.
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I love, love, LOVE apple fritters. What I wouldn’t give for a cup of tea, a few of these and an hour of quiet time to curl up on my couch and read!
Robyn, these look fantastic. I love that they are so quick and easy!
Loooove apple fritters! And these look fantastic.
Robyn, these look so amazing. But even sweeter is the story of your Granddaddy.
Cannot wait to make these…. We are heading to the apple farm on Friday, so this is perfect timing!
Oh I can’t wait to hear of all the goodies you make with those apples! They are pretty amazing just right by themselves too, aren’t they? Have fun at the apple farm!
These look fantastic Robyn!!
Love your stories Robyn.
And the food too.
Such an easy and delightful recipe! And what wonderful write up, Robyn.
YUMM gonna make these this weekend!
We southerners have been on a roll with apple fritters here lately! That’s okay because it’s time & they are sooooo easy and yummy. Have a beautiful rest of the week doll!
I think Southerner’s always love apple fritters this time of year.
Love your story – brought back many good memories. My papa also used his pocket-knife for peeling. As usual your recipe looks absolutely easy and fantastic…love anything apple. Thanks.
Oh my, these look so yummy! I don’t have self-rising flour. Can I just add some baking powder?
Dielle – You can substitute 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt for the self-rising flour in this recipe and it should work just fine.
What a fun post to read! Many years ago I made something similar and called them Adam’s Apples for my son Adam. Thanks for the reminder and your recipe that takes me back a few years.