I love these fruit fritters. They are especially delicious when warm. They are a tradition past down from my Mom, she used to make them either on New Year's Eve or after dinner on New Year's Day. I have adapted the recipe to be gluten-free and they are still just as delicious.

Mix the dry ingredients, and then add the wet to make a batter that is quite thick, like the above photo and then add your fruit. I always start with less liquid and add as needed. I find that gluten-free flours are quite dry and need more liquid then regular flour when I adapt a recipe.

Heat your oil. You do not want it smoking! I heat mine up and test a small amount of batter in it. When the batter rises to the top and there are some small bubbles around it then I know it is hot enough. Then using two tablespoons, drop small spoonfuls of the batter into the oil as you see in the photo above. I use one spoon to scoop the batter and the other to shape and scrap it into the oil. Always be careful with hot oil. I adjust the heat as I'm cooking. Never leave the area until you are finished cooking and have turned the burner off and removed the pot from the hot burner. You can see the change in the colour of the fritters above, when they are golden brown remove to paper towel to drain of the oil. Then when slightly cool dust with icing sugar and enjoy.

Gluten-Free Fruit Fritter Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup gluten-free flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 2/3 to 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups apples, finely chopped or raisins
icing sugar, to decorate

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
2. In a 2 cup measuring cup add 2/3 cup of milk and the egg and mix.
3. Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and blend. You want a thick batter that holds its shape. Add extra milk a tablespoon at a time until you get a thick batter. You don't want it to be runny. It needs to hold its shape.
4. Now add your fruit to the batter and blend together.
5. Drop by spoonfuls into hot oil and fry until golden brown on all sides. Drain on paper towel and when slightly cool dust with icing sugar.
6. Makes about 15 fritters. We love eating them warm.

Apples and raisins work well. I sometimes use only one or as you can see this year I mixed them up. Soft fruits don't work well. You can make them without fruit and dust them with a mixture of caster sugar and cinnamon or drizzle with melted chocolate.

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