Hey guys! I hope everyone had a happy halloween. While all of yall may have been busy trickin’ and treatin, I was busy making the final installment of October’s Fritters. Of course, I didn’t want to end the month without a dessert, especially on Halloween– they came out so delicious, almost like apple cider donuts! They reminded me more of beignet- like than fritters. Here is the recipe & a glaze I made also– notes on the recipe to follow! Enjoy!

Cinnamon Fritters

1 Tablespoon Cinnamon, Plus 1 tablespoon 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup Sugar, Plus 1 tablespoon 1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups GLUTEN FREE* all purpose flour 1/2 cup non fat milk, plus 1/4 cup**

1 Tablespoon baking powder* Vegetable Oil for frying

1. Mix flour, baking powder, 1 table spoon cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/2 cup milk + egg. Mix the wet mixture into the dry mixture. You want the mixture to be thick. **If the amount milk isn’t enough to combine all the ingredients together slowly, and I cannot stress the word slowly enough, add more milk. You absolutely do not want a loose mixture. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
3. In a pot pour in a good amount of oil and wait for it to heat up a few minutes. While you are waiting, pull dough out of the fridge and grab a spoon. When the oil is ready spoon out amounts of dough. Make in batches in the oil, turning over to fry all sides. It should be golden brown.
4. Mix together the rest of cinnamon + sugar and toss the finished fritters in that mixture.

Cream Cheese Frosting Glaze

1/2 cup cream cheese (4oz-I used lowfat cream cheese), room temp

4 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, room temp

1 teaspoon vanilla extract– for those who can’t cook/bake with alcohol, trader joes makes an alcohol-free vanilla extract!

1 cup powdered sugar

1. mix all the ingredients together. I added food coloring to make it festive for halloween.
2. warm up the frosting t make a glaze

Thoughts & Notes on These Recipes

On the fritters/donut holes/beignets/whatever, I found these really scrumptious. It is very important they get refrigerated enough, mine were a little loose & not cool enough so it was imperative that I used a spoon to scoop., I stay away from apples because they upset my stomach, but if you added some cider or applesauce to the batter, it would add a yummy extra layer of flavor.

The Glaze- The glaze is basically a cream cheese frosting. The only difference between a frosting and a glaze here is that the warming of it, gave the frosting a more liquid consistency. Honestly tho, I think I prefer dipping them in the cool frosting, thats just my preference. I cannot cook or bake with alcohol because I keep a sober lifestyle. While for me, adding vanilla to a dessert may not “hurt” me in any way, I was once told “would you cook with lemon juice if you had an allergy towards lemons?” The answer is no, so therefore, I choose to align my lifestyle to AA standards and not use alcohol when I cook. Luckily, I found that trader joes sells an alcohol free vanilla extract, which makes things a hell of a lot more simple when it comes to baking!

I hope you guys enjoy the fritters I explored this month, next months theme should be revealed this week. Have a good week & don’t forget to vote!

*depending on what flour you use baking soda might need slight adjusting as well as milk.