These apple fritters are a festive, flavorful treat that combine tender, spiced dough with a warm, fruity apple filling. Naturally sweetened with honey and pomegranate juice, and enriched with aromatic spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, they offer a perfect balance of sweetness and warmth. Finished with a glossy pomegranate glaze, these fritters are both visually stunning and deliciously indulgent, making them an ideal dessert or special occasion treat.

Ingredients

Dough

• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 2 tsp yeast
• 2 tsp honey
• 1 cup buckwheat flour
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Apple Mixture

• 2 green apples, peeled & diced
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
• 1 tbsp honey

Oil

• 2 cups oil for frying

Pomegranate Glaze

• 1 1/2 cup swerve (or powdered sugar)
• 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Add the yeast & honey to warm milk, and let it sit for 10 minutes.
2. Add in the remaining dough ingredients. Knead & cover to rise for an hour.
3. Heat up all of the apple mixture ingredients & simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add the apples into the risen dough.
5. Roll the dough out into a rectangle and slice into 1/2 inch cubes.
6. Combine the cubes & divide into 10-15 patties.
7. Cover & let them rise for another 45 minutes.
8. Mix the pomegranate glaze ingredients together.
9. Fry in hot oil for about 2 minutes on each side.
10. Dip the fritters in the glaze and enjoy!