Warm baked apple fritters

Here’s a cozy, warm baked apple fritters recipe—soft inside, lightly crisp outside, and perfect with Honeycrisp apples 🍎✨
(No frying needed!)

Warm Baked Apple Fritters

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• 2 tbsp melted butter (or oil)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1½ cups diced apple (Honeycrisp or Granny Smith)

Optional Glaze

• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 1–2 tbsp milk
• ½ tsp vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Mix dry ingredients
   In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
3. Mix wet ingredients
   In another bowl, whisk milk, melted butter, egg, and vanilla.
4. Combine & fold in apples
   Stir wet ingredients into dry just until combined. Fold in diced apples.
5. Shape fritters
   Drop ¼-cup scoops of batter onto the baking sheet, slightly flattening the tops.
6. Bake
   Bake for 14–16 minutes, until golden and cooked through.
7. Glaze (optional)
   Whisk glaze ingredients and drizzle over warm fritters.

Serve Warm With

• Powdered sugar dusting
• Vanilla yogurt or ice cream
• Honey or maple syrup

Tips

• Dice apples small so they soften fully
• Best eaten warm, same day
• For extra crispness, broil 1–2 minutes at the end

If you want, I can also share a cinnamon-sugar version, air-fryer method, or mini fritters 🍩