Apple Fritters

Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Clabber Girl Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup tart apples, peeled and diced
1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
oil for deep frying
confectioners’ sugar

Instructions
Sift together flour, Clabber Girl Baking Powder, salt and sugar. Combine beaten egg, butter and apples; add to dry mixture. Add milk until batter is the right consistency.

Drop into deep hot oil (about 365 to 375 degrees F) by tablespoonfuls and fry until done (about 5 minutes). Turn while frying to cook evenly. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.

From the Clabber Girl Recipe Book
“RECIPES TO WARM THE HEART”
Originally published in the recipe book
“Favorite Recipes of the Descendants of Floyd Owens”
Recipe submitted by Nancy and Gary Hull