Recipes

PEAR FRITTERS
  • Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup chopped dried pears
  • 1 TB lemon juice
  • 2 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup dairy sour cream or nonfat yogurt
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 cup all purpose
  • flour and 1/3 cup whole wheat flour)
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 egg whites
  • 2 TB sugar
  • oil or shortening for frying
  • cinnamon sugar (see below) or
  • powdered sugar, if desired
Directions
  1. Toss dried pears with lemon juice and set aside
  2. Blend egg yolks, milk, sour cream and vanilla in a large bowl
  3. In medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon
  4. In another medium bowl, beat egg whites until frothy
  5. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form
  6. Add flour mixture to egg yolk mixture and blend
  7. Fold stiffly beaten egg whites and dried pears tossed with lemon juice into batter
  8. In a heavy pan or deep fryer, heat 2 inches of oil or shortening to 375 degrees F
  9. Drop batter by slightly rounded teaspoonfuls into hot oil or shortening
  10. Larger fritters will be doughy in the center
  11. Fry until crisp and golden brown, turning once.


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