Apple Fritters

Every single morning during my last month of pregnancy I ate an apple fritter on my way to work...alone in the car...licking my fingers after each bite.  Yes, I got really fat. Anyway.

I have been inspired to bring little S into the kitchen more by my friend Rebecca's site Cooking With My Kid, so we made these homemade fritters together and are sharing the recipe here and over at Cooking With My Kid today.  These might give you a heart attack but the recipe is easy, quick, and your kids will be like "Mommy made donuts!  We love mommy!!!" If you don't want to deep fry try some Apple Cream Cheese Muffins instead.  Get the full Apple Fritter Recipe after the jump...

Homemade Apple Fritters Recipe
Ingredients
Donuts:
1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 tea salt
2 tea baking powder
1 tea apple pie spice (or cinnamon/nutmeg combo)
1/4 cup apple sauce
1/4 cup milk
1 apple, diced (or two or three, depending on your preference)
1 egg
Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Directions
How to Make Apple Fritters
1. Combine all the dry ingredients, then stir in the apple sauce, milk, and eggs. Have daughter help:

Fold in the chopped apple:


2. Heat oil in a pan on high. Add dollops of dough to oil (b/w one and two tablespoons). Cook about two minutes until browned:

then flip and cook two minutes more on opposite side:


3.  Remove to a paper-towel covered plate to drain.

Then transfer to a cooling rack to cool.

4. Make the glaze by combining the powdered sugar and milk until smooth:

Watch your child is not shoving mouthfuls of powdered sugar down her throat every time you turn your head:

Pour over one side of the donuts:

Let set for a moment, then turn the donuts over and coat the other side:


5. Get your grub on: