Lizzie's Crispy Banana Fritters

Crispy on the outside, with a dusting of Cinnamon Sugar, deliciously spongy inside, and a delicate fresh Banana flavour coming through!

I'm talking Banana Fritters of course!
This super-quick teatime treat, made with basic pantry staples and a single Banana, can be turned into an indulgent dessert when served with creamy Ice Cream, or thick and creamy Yogurt, and a sprinkling of Berries.

After the stressful first three weeks of October, I needed something to sweeten the day. I had one perfectly ripe Banana, and immediately thought - Banana Fritters!

I used to make these little balls of pure delight when my sons were small. Hubby as a Type 1 diabetic (from the age of eight), could also indulge. I omitted the sugar in the batter - the banana gives it quite enough sweetness, and his fritters weren't given a dusting of cinnamon sugar, only a light sprinkling of Cinnamon. I sometimes used granulated artificial sweetener, but of course, it's not healthy, so did not do that often.

I've started this food blog by showing you the end results, but I'm sure you'd like to know how to make it, right?

Banana Fritters

This quantity makes 1 dozen fritters, I squeezed out one extra!

Ingredients

Flour, Baking Powder, Sugar, Salt, Vanilla Essence, Cinnamon Sugar and a Banana of course!

Recipe

• 1 Egg
• 15ml Castor Sugar
• 5ml Vanilla Essence
• 1 Banana, mashed with a fork
• 250ml Cake Flour
• 10ml Baking Powder
• 2ml Salt
• 15ml Yogurt
• Approx 100ml Cinnamon Sugar

The How-to

Beat egg with an electric beater, add sugar and vanilla, and beat till light and frothy.

Add mashed banana and beat till incorporated into egg mixture - do not overbeat!

Gradually add sifted dry ingredients, folding in with a whisk

My dough became too thick and heavy, so I decided to add a little yogurt - not necessary when using a larger banana


Dough now is the right consistency, not too heavy

Drop spoonsful of batter into deep hot oil, on medium heat

The little balls of dough puff up beautifully, some of them magically turn themselves, but use two forks to turn until they're a nice golden brown
Drain on paper towel before rolling into cinnamon sugar

Not oily at all as can be seen in the sponge inside. The dough was just the right consistency, and the oil was nice and hot, obviously not smoking hot;)


Voila! Time for tea, or dessert with yogurt and berries, or creamy Vanilla & Strawberry Ice Cream!

Pure indulgence!

BON APPETIT FRIENDS!

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