Milky Sweet Fritters Recipes

SWEET POTATO FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a shallow pan, heat oil to 350 degrees F.
• Score sweet potato with a fork and microwave on high for 6 minutes or until cooked through. Let cool. Cut sweet potato in half, scoop out the flesh, and place it into a mixing bowl with the butter. Mash well. Add egg, bread crumbs, flour, salt, and pepper and mix well. Add the chives and corn and mix gently. Using 2 spoons to shape, scoop mounds into hot oil, cooking on both sides, in batches, until golden brown. With a slotted spoon or spider, remove fritters from oil and place on paper towel to dry. Mix sour cream, reserved chives, salt and pepper, to taste, and place a small dollop on each fritter when ready to serve.

MILKY SWEET FRITTERS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Stir in milk and condensed milk until smooth.
• Spoon batter into the hot oil and deep-fry until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

YUMMY FRITTER BATTER

Steps:

• For basic fritter batter: Combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir to blend. Add egg and melted margarine; stir until well blended. Add milk (or fruit juice), mix well. Let stand 30 minutes.
• Ham Fritters: Add minced ham to basic batter. Drop by spoonfuls into hot oil and deep fry.
• Banana Fritters: Peel and quarter bananas. Dip bananas in batter and saute in margarine until golden brown on all sides.
• Apple Fritters: Stir apples into basic batter. Drop by spoonfuls into hot oil and deep fry.
• *Note* You can make peach or apricot fritters by using canned fruit. Use the fruit syrup for the liquid in the basic batter. Dice fruit and mix with batter. Deep fry as for the apple fritters.

CORN AND SWEET-PEPPER FRITTERS

Steps:

• Put the corn in a mixing bowl and add the sweet pepper, scallions and hot pepper. Sprinkle with the cumin, flour, baking powder, salt and pepper, and stir to blend. Add the milk, and stir to blend thoroughly.
• Heat enough oil barely to cover the bottom of a pan, preferably nonstick. Spoon the batter, about 1/4 cup at a time, into the pan, and cook the fritters about 2 minutes or until golden brown on one side. Turn, and cook about 2 minutes on the second side. As you prepare each batch of fritters, add oil to the pan as necessary.

SWEET APPLE FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs with milk, salt and sugar.
• Add flour and baking powder to egg mixture and mix until smooth.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Peel and core apples.
• Slice 1/4 to 1/2" thick so that they are shaped liked doughnuts with the core hole in the center of each slice.
• Squeeze lemon juice over apples.
• Heat oil in large skillet.
• Dip apples in batter and let excess drip off, then brown on each side in skillet.
• Lay on a cookie sheet in a single layer.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until soft.