| Apple Fritters |
Recipe type: Dessert
Author:
Prep time: 1 hour
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
Ingredients
- Water (warm) 2 cups
- Yeast (dry active) 1.5 oz
- Shortening 5 oz
- Sugar 4 oz
- Salt .5 oz
- Nonfat milk solids 1.5 oz
- Eggs 4 oz
- Bread Flour 2 lb 2 oz
- Vanilla extract 4 tbsp
- Apples peeled and diced 2
- Ground cinnamon 2 – 3 tbsp
- Apple juice (or water)
- Vegetable oil (for deep frying) as needed
- For Flat Glaze:
- Icing sugar 2 lbs
- Water as needed
- Clear vanilla 1 oz
Instructions
- Stir yeast into warm water and allow to rehydrate for 5 minutes.
- Place yeast water, flour and all other ingredients into mixing bowl and mix until dough is smooth and satiny (approx 4-5minutes in kitchen aid mixer using a dough hook attachment)
- *** make sure that salt does not go directly into yeast water as salt will kill the yeast.
- Remove dough from mixing bowl. Place on floured surface and cover. Allow to rest for 20 minutes.
- Aggressively mix in diced apple, cinnamon and enough apple juice to keep dough moist. Keep marbled look.
- Cover and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
- Roll out dough to rectangle shape approximately 1” thick. Rest 10 minutes
- Cut into small rectangles 1 ½” x 2 ½“.
- Place on a floured tray, cover and proof until doughnut rises approximately 50%.
- Deep fry to a deep golden brown and dip in flat glaze immediately.
- Allow to come to room temp and serve.
- For Flat Glaze:
- Mix icing sugar, vanilla and a little water to make a smooth paste and strain to make a smooth, thick glaze. Add additional water to give icing the same consistency of fruit syrup (like that found in a can of peaches etc.
