🍎 Baked Apple Fritters
These baked apple fritters are soft, fluffy, and filled with cinnamon-spiced apples—then finished with a light glaze. They’re like donut-style fritters, but baked instead of fried.
🛒 Ingredients
For the apples:
- 2 large apples, peeled and diced Apple
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp lemon juice
For the batter:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Glaze (optional but recommended):
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
🔥 Step 1: Cook the apples
- Melt butter in a pan.
- Add diced apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice.
- Cook for 3–5 minutes until slightly soft.
- Set aside to cool.
🥣 Step 2: Make the batter
- Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.
- Fold in cooked apples.
🔥 Step 3: Bake the fritters
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Drop spoonfuls of batter onto tray (rustic shapes are fine).
- Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden and cooked through.
🍬 Step 4: Add glaze
- Mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
- Drizzle over warm fritters.
😋 Result
You get:
- Soft, cake-like fritters
- Sweet cinnamon apples in every bite
- Light glaze that melts into the surface
If you want, I can also make:
- 🍯 Fried crispy apple fritters (classic donut shop style)
- 🍩 Apple fritter donuts (yeast dough version)
- 🧁 Apple cinnamon fritter muffins (easy batch bake)
