Apple Fritters

Yum!! Apple fritters are one of my all time favorite donuts to get at bakeries. Who knew that I could make them at home, so easily!! I got this recipe from an Amish cookbook that I have, added the cinnamon and the glaze and had an awesome end result! With is being Fall right now, apples are cheap (or free if you can find them) so it's a great time to make these babies! Have fun!

Apple Fritters

1 cup flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
½ to 1 teaspoon cinnamon (depending on how much you want)
1 egg, beaten
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
1 ½ cups (about 3) apples, peeled and diced
oil for frying

Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl with a wire whisk. Add egg and milk to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add apples to the batter and blend well. Drop by spoonfuls into hot oil and fry until dark golden brown, about two minutes per side. Once done frying, let cool on paper towels. Dunk in glaze (recipe follows), covering fritters liberally. Place fritters on a wire wrack with parchment paper underneath it, for easy cleanup. Let glaze harden and enjoy! Makes 12 small fritters.

Fritter Glaze

2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk (or more to desired consistency)

Mix all ingredients together until desired consistency is acquired, adding more powdered sugar or milk if need be.

After they were all made we were looking at them and saw some animal shapes!! My kids loved trying to find animals in the apple fritters.

Dutch Apple Pie

Apple pie is truly an American favorite! We have an apple tree on our property that produces apples almost every year, one way for us to use up some of those apples is by making this delish pie! Served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, your family will be in heaven!! To make this pie even easier, you could use a can or two of apple pie filling and just use the crumb topping on top! Enjoy!

Dutch Apple Pie

pie:
1 pie shell, store bought or made with your favorite recipe
6 cups apples, peeled and sliced
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

topping:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened

Preheat oven to 375° F.
In a large bowl combine apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well and pour into a pie shell. To make crumb topping, mix flour and brown sugar until it is a fine mix in a separate bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter. Sprinkle mixture over pie and bake for 40 minutes. Check and if it needs to be covered with foil, do so and bake another 10-20 minutes. Makes one pie.