Old Fashioned Apple Fritters

First week of school is in the books. The week started off hot as Hades - 90 degrees and and 90% humidity. But I guess someone told Mother Nature that is was September and today was gray, rainy, and chilly (at least this morning while I sat in the pouring rain at my son's 8 am soccer game- Ugh!)

So after a few errands, a nice lunch out with the family, and a nap (totally justified by the early weekend wake up) I decided that we were going to have breakfast for dinner and use up some of the 30+ pounds of apples we picked last week. 

So just a quick story about these apple fritters ...

When I was a teenage my grandmother from Denmark came to America to visit for an extended stay. Now she and my mom had gone apple picking and brought home a ridiculously large number of apples....no one can eat that many apples out of hand and my mom does NOT  like to bake...at all (though she does at Christmas, but that's another post). So what to do with all these apples? 

Well, we owned (and I still have) a Pillsbury cookbook from the early '60s and in it is a variation on savory corn fritters that uses apples. It requires no rolling of dough, no waiting for yeast to rise and gives you the crunchy exterior of a fried doughnut with the ease (and similar texture) of a pancake. We were sold and they came out so well we made them nearly everyday for something like 3 weeks until all the apples were gone. I have such great memories of my grandmother and I peeling apples in my mother's kitchen. Well today while making a cup of tea this afternoon, my favorite tea from my favorite tea shoppe in Copenhagen (A.C. Perch if your ever find yourself there. It's all very old fashioned with loads of different teas, old brass scales, and a smell that takes me right back to my childhood), I decided to relieve a little bit of family history in my favorite way, through food. 

This is my take on that vintage recipe. They are super easy and I hope you enjoy them! 

Old Fashioned Apple Fritters

3 c. All purpose flour 

5 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

4 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp ground cinnamon 

1/2 tbsp ground nutmeg

1 cup milk

4 eggs

3 cups diced apples

Neutral oil for frying

Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and sift.

 Combine the eggs and milk and mix until combined. Add the wet to the dry ingredients, mix well. Now add the diced apples 

Heat oil in a deep pan to 375F and carefully drop soup spoons full of the batter into the oil and fry until gold on each side (about 2-3 min per side). Remove to a plate lined with paper towel to drain and top with a simple glaze of powders sugar and cold water or top with loads of powders sugar and serve warm. 

Bon appetite everyone! 

Xx

K