Recipe: Apple Fritters (2)

APPLE FRITTERS
This recipe is from an amish cookbook from PA.
This recipe makes about 4 skillets full.

1 cup flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
5 or 6 apples
Confectioners' sugar or syrup

Make a batter by combining the flour, sugar, milk, baking powder, salt and egg. core and peel the apples, then slice them and put them in the batter. Drop them by spoonfuls into 1" of fat or oil in a frying pan. Test the apples with a fork -- they are done when soft. drain them on paper towels. Sprinkle the fritters with Confectioners' sugar or eat them with syrup.

This next one is from the Heartland Cookbook by Marcia Adams
APPLE FRITTERS
This recipe is from Michigan.
Makes about 4 dozen

1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsps. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 medium firm apples such as golden delicious or granny smith
3 tsps. fresh lemon juice
vegetable oil for frying
maple syrup

Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar; set aside. In a large mixer bowl, beat the eggs lightly. add the milk and vanilla and blend. Peel and core the apples, chop finely and toss with the lemon juice. Add the dry ingredients gradually to the milk mixture, then add the apples. Blend.

Heat an electric skillet to 365F. add enough oil to reach about 1/4" deep.

Drop the batter by heaping teaspoons into the skillet, patting each fritter down a bit; they will be approximately 2 1/2" in diameter. Fry until golden on one side, then turn and brown the second side, about three minutes. Drain on paper towels, then transfer to a platter and keep warm in the oven while you fry the rest. Serve with warmed maple syrup.