🍲 Recipes

Chef John's Apple Fritters

By Chef John • Quick Bread • Cuisine?
4.68 Prep: 15m Cook: 10m
Ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 large Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • ½ cup sparkling apple cider
  • 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
  • 1 tablespoon sparkling apple cider, or as needed to make glaze
Created: Sep 23, 2025 Updated: Sep 23, 2025