An Apple Fritter a Day...

             It is a known fact that we are all hiding something. Whether it's the girl who only painted her first three toenails while wearing peep-toed shoes, or the man who says he doesn't expect you to sleep with him on the first date after he just paid for your steak dinner and three mojitos- all of us want the truth to remain perfectly concealed from everybody else. My hidden truths? Well, I probably have enough of them to take up an entire page of PostSecret, but today I'll only be sharing one. I buy apple fritters from the local 7-Eleven. Ehhh, I know it's nothing Earth-shattering, but it is vile. Along with hard-boiled eggs, sushi, your Mother's Day gift, and condoms, I'm pretty sure that apple fritters are on the list of things to never buy from a gas station mini-mart. With that being said, I hope you understand how excited I felt when I stumbled upon the Pinterest pin entitled "15 minute apple fritters". Not only can I bake these fritters using less ingredients than that required for Mac n' Cheese, but I can also use my Crest White Strips (or any other 15 minute activity) while  making them. Simply bliss.
            However, let the record show that these apple fritters do not take 15 minutes. By the time you finish making these, that guy from last week's date may actually have called you back. I'm not sure if the original poster worked at McDonald's and acquired amazing frying skills, but these fritters took about an hour. I truly felt like a pubescent boy struggling with all this oil. Despite my kitchen troubles, these apple fritters actually turned out to be a huge hit! I mean, what American doesn't love deep-fried pastries?

"15 Minute (*Cough* 60 minute) Apple Fritters"

Ingredients:

• 1 heaping c. flour (What does this mean?! I used 1 1/4 c. flour)
• 1/3 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• dash of salt
• 1/2-2 tsp. ground cinnamon (I used 2 tsp. because I'm not a tiger)
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 T. melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/3 c. milk (more if dough is too sticky)
• 1-1/2 c. chopped apple (approx 2 apples)
• 1 c. powdered sugar (for glaze)
• 1 T. milk (for glaze)
• Oil for frying 

Directions: 

1.  Pour oil in a pan on stove top and begin heating until oil is around 365 degrees or when a small drop of dough can float on top. 
2. Mix all of the dry ingredients together
3. Mix all of the wet ingredients together and add to the dry ingredients 
4. Fold in apple pieces
5. Once oil is hot enough, place approximately 4 balls of dough in pan. (Around the size of golf balls). 
6. Cook about 35-50 seconds on each side until golden brown. This also depends on the size of your fritters
7. Flip fritters to the other side and let cook for about another 35-50 seconds
8. Test fritter to see if it is cooked by inserting a toothpick in the center. Should come out clean
9. Let fritters dry on paper towels
10. Once completely cooled, mix glaze by combining powdered sugar and milk. 
11. Dip each fritter in glaze and let cool. 
12. Enjoy right away of store in airtight container

                           

        I made double the dough because I knew I would ruin about half of them trying to figure out how to fry things in oil. Boy, good thing I did because the first 10 were completely inedible. (But once I covered them in glaze (3 times) you couldn't even tell). Viola! Every chef's secret. A huge thanks to Simply Greek for this great recipe. You may have just saved my intestines from another gas station dessert! But probably not, because those things are damn good and only $0.50.

                   Number of Pinterest recipes conquered: 9
                   I declare this recipe a: (delicious) Grease fire waiting to happen