Description
Indulge in the warm, comforting flavors of homemade apple fritters! These delightful treats blend tender dough with sweet apple chunks and a hint of cinnamon, all topped with a luscious glaze. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, these apple fritters are easy to make and sure to impress your family and friends. Each bite offers a soft, pillowy texture combined with the irresistible taste of cinnamon-spiced apples.
Ingredients
Scale
- 24 thawed Rhodes white dinner rolls
- 21 oz can apple pie filling
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (more as needed)
- Oil for frying (canola or vegetable)
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup milk (or apple juice)
- 1½ tsp maple extract (optional)
Instructions
- Thaw the dinner rolls on a greased sheet tray for 2-3 hours or overnight in the fridge.
- Cut each roll into six pieces. Chop apples from the filling into smaller chunks.
- Combine roll pieces, apples, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Knead until they form a cohesive dough.
- Shape the dough into 16 pieces, flatten them slightly, and let rise covered for one hour.
- Heat oil to 350°F and fry fritters until golden brown on both sides.
- Prepare the glaze while fritters are warm; dip each fritter into the glaze and let set on a cooling rack.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fritter (45g)
- Calories: 201
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 2mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg