Homemade Apple Fritters

I wish I could figure out where I got this recipe from (somewhere in the great beyond of the world wide web)...  I've had it in my cookbook for a while now, and finally decided to make it tonight.

They were so incredibly simple, I'm wondering why I didn't make these sooner.

Oh, and did I mention that they're delicious?

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 cup chopped tart apples (granny smith works well)
• Vegetable oil

Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp milk

Directions

1. Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
2. Stir in milk and egg until just combined.  Fold in chopped apple.
3. Pour oil into skillet so that it is approximately 1 1/2 inches deep.  Heat oil on high.  Oil is ready when dough floats on top.
4. Carefully add dough to oil in heaping teaspoons.*  Cook until brown, about 2 minutes, then flip.  Cook another 1-2 minutes, until both sides are browned.  Transfer briefly to paper towels to absorb excess oil, then transfer to cooling rack.
5. Make glaze by stirring milk and powdered sugar together in a small bowl.  Drizzle over apple fritters.  Wait approximately 3 minutes for glaze to harden, then flip fritters and drizzle glaze over the other side.  Best served warm, dunked in coffee.

*As tempting as it may sound, don't attempt to make these big.  You'll end up with crispy outsides and uncooked interior.  Just stick to a heaping teaspoon, and you'll end up with lovely donut hole-sized fritters.