Plain Fritter Batter

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• te^ spoon Royal Baking Powder
• teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Sift dry ingredients together, add beaten eggs and milk; beat till smooth.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The royal baker and pastry cook (1902) by New York Cooking School, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plain Fritter Batter.— 1 cup'^our, te^ spoon Royal Baking Powder, teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk. Siftdry ingredients together* add beaten eggs and milk ; beat till smooth. Apple Fritters. — 4 largo sound apples, peeled, cored, and cut each into 4 slices, gill wine, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon extract nutmeg. Place slices of apples in bowl with sugar, wine, and extract ; cover with plate ; set aside to steep two hoiirs, then dip each slice in plain fritter batter, fry to light brown in plenty of lard made hot for the purpose ; serve with sugar. Fruit Fritters. — Any kind of fruit may be made into fritters, as directed for apple frit- ters. Whole canned fruits, drained from syrup, may also be used. Apples and other fruits may also be prepared, coarsely chopped, stirred into a plain fritter batter, and dropped by small spoonfuls into smoking hot fat, finish- ing as already directed. Banana Fritters. — Peel bananas, cut in lengthwise slices. Let them steep an hour with sugar and lemon juice, dip in fritter bat- ter, and fry as directed for apple fritters. Corn Fritters. — To 1 pint scraped com add ^ cup milk, cup flour, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 2 beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, tea- spoon pepper, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Pow- der. Beat well, and fry in small spoonfuls as directed. Clam Fritters. — Wash and dry 25 good- sized clams or 2 strings soft-shell clams, dis- carding black part. Chop fine. Make a plain fritter batter, using the clam liquor (or that and milk) in place of milk. Stir in the chopped clams, season well with salt and pepper, and fry as directed. Oyster Fritters. — Substitute oysters for clams as in above receipt. Pineapple Fritters — Sprinkie half -inch slices of fresh pineapple with sugar and sherry ; let stand 1 hour. Dip each into plain fritter batter, drop into deep kettle of smoking hot fat, fry brown. Drain on paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Strawberry Fritters. — Crush and sieve fresh berries to make 1 cup pulp. Add 3 beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 cup flour

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