Baked Vegan Apple Fritters

Calling all doughnut lovers! If you crave a soft, moist and delicious fresh-baked pastry every now and then but can’t indulge in regular doughnuts, this baked vegan apple fritter recipe is for you. I don’t eat doughnuts too often but apple fritters are my husband’s guilty pleasure and I wanted to surprise him one day. That’s how this scrumptious recipe came about!

These baked vegan apple fritters taste every bit like a doughnut from the shop but this recipe is dairy-free with aquafaba instead of eggs. Apple juice is the not-so-secret icing ingredient that soaks into the fritter and makes it ooey and gooey! Most recipes will call for refined white sugar in the dough but I don’t add it because the icing is sweet enough.


Tip: I make my own powdered sugar by grinding regular sugar in my Vitamix until it is a fine powder

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If you enjoyed this recipe, you may want to try my other recipes for Baked Vegan Donuts and Vegan Mimosa Cupcakes.

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Scroll below for a full list of ingredients and instructions to make my Baked Vegan Apple Fritters. Let me know how you enjoy this recipe in the comment section below or find me at @SusanCooksVegan on YouTubeInstagramFacebook,  Pinterest and Twitter!

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Baked Vegan Apple Fritters

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Calling all doughnut lovers! If you crave a soft, moist and delicious fresh-baked pastry every now and then but can’t indulge in regular doughnuts, this baked vegan apple fritter recipe is for you.

  • Author: Susan
  • Yield: 68 Fritters 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking

Ingredients

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  • 1 1/4 cup of tart apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 1 ½ apples)
  • 2 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup of coconut sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 4 tbsp aquafaba
  • 4 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • ¼ cup of non-dairy milk (I use almond)

Icing

  • 1 cup of powdered sugar (see my tip)
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • 1tbsp + 2 tsp apple juice or more if needed

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or non-stick silicone. 
  3. Ensure the oven rack is in the upper-middle position.
  4. In a large bowl, combine the flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt. Mix well
  5. Add the apples, aquafaba, coconut oil and almond milk. Mix well.  I had the best result when I used a wooden spoon then got my hands in it.
  6. Scoop about  ½ cup worth of batter for each fritter. Place on a baking tray with at least 1-inch space between each fritter.  Flatten slightly with hand or spoon. Should make 6 large fritters or 8 smaller ones.
  7. Bake for 20-22 mins or until golden brown on top.
  8. While fritters are baking mix ingredients for the icing in a small bowl.
  9. While fritters are still warm pour icing sugar over the tops.
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2 Comments

  1. Lori
    September 24, 2021 / 8:51 AM

    It was a fun experiment and yummy💚 I made half batch size and also changed some ingredients. I used GF all-purpose flour, almond flour and oat flour. I’ve noticed it might get better result for some reason from my experience that is to use a few different type of flour instead of one type of flour. Thank you,Susan💚

    – 3 small apple
    – 1/4 + 1/8 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour
    – 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp almond flour
    – 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp oat flour
    – 1/8 cup maple or honey
    – 1 tsp baking powder
    – 1/4 tsp salt
    – 3/4 tsp cinnamon
    – 1/4 tsp nutmeg
    – 2 flaxseed egg
    – 2tbsp applesauce
    – 1/8 almond milk
    Topping sauce
    – 3/4 cup maple or honey
    – 3/8 tsp cinnamon
    – 3/4 cup applesauce






    • admin
      September 28, 2021 / 11:49 AM

      Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏻 I love your take on this recipe. 💗🌱

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