10-Minute Vegan Apple Fritters

Vegan apple fritters are so easy and delicious to make! The flavors are beyond tasty, especially with a sticky and sweet glaze for the top!

If you have never had homemade apple fritters before, you are in for a real treat! They are the perfect blend of warm, sweet, and tart.

This recipe is basically dough mixed with apples and then lightly pan-fried in a little bit of oil.

These are not baked apple fritters, they are fried in the traditional style.

That being said, I do NOT use a lot of oil. Most recipes suggest at least 1-3 inches of oil for frying the apple fritters.

My easy vegan apple fritters recipe requires just enough oil to coat the bottom of your pan and that is it! WAY less than 1-3 INCHES of oil and much healthier too!

These tasty vegan pastries don’t use any yeast at all, yet blossom into some fluffy and delicious apple fritters.

Using yeast when making recipes requires proofing and that takes a lot longer than 10-15 minutes.

Instead, we use baking powder with a nice, fluffy flour mixture that is flour and a little bit of cornstarch or arrowroot.

Unlike Vegan Apple Pie where the apples are cooked down, the apples in the fritters are nice and lightly cooked but not soggy and weighed down.

This is one of my favorite Vegan Fall Recipes, but I personally choose to make it all year since I can get apples at any time of the year where I live!

It is the perfect breakfast on the morning of your Vegan Thanksgiving Feast too!

When you make these apple fritters vegan, your entire kitchen is going to smell like the county fair. But I promise it will be much healthier and 100% vegan too!

I hope you enjoy this deliciously sweet and tart breakfast as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!

Keep reading to learn how to make this old-fashioned apple fritters recipe!

Why You Will Love This Vegan Apple Fritter Recipe

• It is fast and easy! This recipe only takes 10 minutes from beginning to end so the fritters can be prepared at any time or on short notice. You do not have to deal with yeast and most of the ingredients you probably already have on hand.
• It is healthier than other recipes. As mentioned, these are healthy apple fritters since they use a minimum amount of oil for frying.
• It is perfect for holiday gatherings. These easy vegan fritters are bound to be a crowd favorite at any Thanksgiving, Christmas, or family gathering. They are stress-free and quick to make. These are apple fritters for kids and adults alike.
• It tastes like fall and home cooking. If you are looking for a warm and inviting dish that will remind you of the flavors of fall and is spiced to perfection, this is it!

What Kind Of Apples To Use For Vegan Apple Fritters

Many recipes require a certain type of apple such as Granny Smith or Honeycrisp.

If you know me and follow my work, you know that I am a VERY CHILL cook.

As a result, you can use whatever apples you have on hand for the vegan apple fritters!

I have used a variety from gala to pink lady apples and have had every single recipe turn out perfectly fine.

Nobody who ate it complained or even noticed that there was a difference!

Also, I do not peel my apples! Apple peels give you lots of health benefits and look pretty too! Save yourself time and make healthy apple fritters by leaving the skins on!

Don’t stress about it! If you have a bag of apples at home, use them! Don’t go out and buy more for this recipe. It is supposed to be simple and easy!

How To Make The Vegan Apple Fritters

Making these healthy apple fritters vegan is so simple and easy!

It takes about 5 minutes to make the dough and then 5 minutes to fry them up! Use a large frying pan and the whole recipe is done super quickly!

First, you are going to make what I call “imitation cake flour” which means you are going to put 2 tablespoons of cornstarch or arrowroot into the bottom of a measuring cup.

Then, you are going to fill the rest of the measuring cup with flour until it is full. Use a knife to scrape it off.

This will give you an imitation cake flour without having to actually go out and buy the cake flour.

Just make sure to put the arrowroot and the flour in the same measuring cup!

Next, combine your flour/arrowroot mixture, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. These are your dry ingredients.

In a medium bowl, combine ground flaxseeds, non-dairy milk, Vegan Butter and vanilla. These are your wet ingredients.

You will add your wet ingredients to your dry ingredients and then you will mix until barely combined.

Then, add in your chopped apples. I chop my apples fairly small so that they aren’t huge chunks that take up most of the dough.

Stir in your apples but be careful not to overmix. As soon as the apples are evenly combined throughout the vegan apple fritter dough, that is when you stop and move to the stove!

Now, you will want to use your largest pan! I love apple fritters that are on the bigger side, kind of like the size of the palm of my hand.

You can make tiny bite-sized ones if you prefer by using smaller scoops!

First, heat oil on the pan. You need just enough to cover the bottom of the pan, certainly not 1-2 INCHES worth of oil.

You want to ensure that the stove is on medium heat. I have burnt my fair share of pan-fried apple fritters by putting them on high heat!

Carefully drop a LARGE tablespoon full of batter onto the oil. Make sure to form a flat circle-ish shape with the dough.

How your dough falls on the pan is how the vegan apple fritters are going to cook.

As a result, if you want them to look any specific way, you want to make sure to form them into the shape as soon as you drop them into the hot oil.

I suggest a heaping spoonful and then making sure it is spread out and flatter so that it resembles a disk.

Lightly fry the dairy-free apple fritters until they are golden brown on each side, about 4-5 minutes in total.

Be careful not to overcook or else they are going to burn! Let them dry on a paper towel!

How To Make The Glaze

You can always just dust the vegan apple fritters with powdered sugar and call it a day.

There isn’t much sugar in the dough, which is why I think a glaze is necessary for the best flavor!

I use the same glaze that I use for my Vegan Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls and it is super simple and easy!

All you do is mix powdered sugar with a tiny bit of non-dairy milk and vanilla and mix it together!

When glazing, it is important to wait until the vegan apple fritters cool down or else the glaze is going to melt straight in!

You don’t have to wait until the fritters are completely cold, just don’t glaze them right after they come off the stove!

How To Store The Vegan Apple Fritters

These eggless apple fritters actually do not store well! They will get mushy and soggy and gross after just one day!

It is best to make a fresh batch and eat them all at one time.

If you must store them, they do well frozen so put them on a baking sheet and freeze them. Once they are frozen, combine them into a freezer-safe container and you are good to go.

Just don’t store them overnight on the counter or else they will get soggy and weird and the texture is not pleasant at all!

If you loved this apple fritter recipe, you may love my Vegan Apple Turnovers too!

Did You Try This Recipe?

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