Recipe: Old Fashioned Corn Fritters

CORN FRITTERS

7 oz canned whole kernel corn
- milk
1 cup cooking liquid (see instructions)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbls baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
- maple syrup

Preheat the oil in the deep fryer.
Drain the corn - reserve the liquid.

Add enough milk to the liquid from the corn to make the amount of cooking liquid specified in the ingredients. Stir the flour, baking powder and salt together in a mixing bowl. Combine the egg, cooking liquid and corn in another bowl. Stir the corn mixture into the dry mixture. Mix only until just moistened.

Drop the batter by the heaping tablespoonful into the deep fryer. Fry until golden brown (1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side). Drain.

Serve hot with maple syrup.