How to Make Banana Fritters

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Banana fritters are a delicious dessert that can be served up in a jiffy. Crisp on the outside while hot and soft on the inside, banana fritters taste like balls of moist fried banana bread and are great served with ice cream. As long as you have a couple of ripe bananas, you can easily find the ingredients needed to make banana fritters right in your pantry for a quick and convenient treat.

Preparing the Fritter Mixture

  1. Mash the bananas. Peel both of the bananas and slice them into small chunks. Then place the chunks in a sturdy, medium sized bowl and mash them using a potato masher or with a fork. If you don’t have a potato masher, place the slices in a blender or food processor.
    • You can also mash with a large spoon, though it may take slightly longer.
  2. Beat in the egg. Crack the egg into the bowl with the mashed bananas and use a whisk to beat it in. Whisk until all the egg, including the yolk, is fully incorporated in the mixture.
  3. Sprinkle in the sugar. Sprinkle in half the sugar and use the whisk to stir it in. Then pour in the rest of the sugar and stir until the sugar is fully dissolved in the mixture.
  4. Add the spices and the vanilla extract. Measure out and add the cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract. You can also add the cardamom and nutmeg if you wish for a more complex taste. Stir to mix.
  5. Add the flour and baking powder incrementally. Measure out the flour in a measuring cup and add the ½ teaspoon of baking powder. Then pour the flour and baking powder gradually into the banana mixture, stirring continuously until the dry ingredients are incorporated.
    • You can also use an electric mixer to help mix.

Cooking the Fritters

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil on medium heat. Put a small deep skillet over medium heat and heat up 2 tablespoons of oil. Make sure that the oil is thoroughly heated before starting to fry the fritters.
  2. Add in scoops of the mixture to the skillet. Once the oil has heated, use a serving spoon to scoop up a spoonful of batter, then drop it into the oil. The batter will start frying immediately and keep its shape. Drop in more scoops to the skillet, spacing them out so they don’t stick together.
  3. Flip the fritters after they get golden around the edges. After you see that the fritters are getting golden around the edges, use a spatula to flip them over so they can fry on the other side. It should take only about 30 seconds for the fritters to get golden on each side, so be watchful.
  4. Check that the fritters are done. When the fritters are browned on both sides, about one minute, use the spatula to press down on the fritters and see if they have finished cooking. If no batter oozes out of them, they are finished frying.

Serving the Fritters

  1. Place the fritters on a paper towel. Once you’ve ensured the fritters are done, immediately take them out of the skillet with the serving spoon or spatula and drop them onto a layer of paper towel. The paper towel will absorb the excess oil from the fritters.
  2. Sprinkle the fritters with sugar. If you want to give your banana fritters a little extra sweetness on top, sprinkle them with confectionary sugar or plain white sugar. You can also leave them as is if you prefer.
  3. Serve the fritters while hot. Banana fritters are meant to be eaten hot while the outside is still crispy. Because the texture is much different when they have cooled, serve them immediately.
  4. Accompany the fritters with ice cream. Vanilla ice cream is a classic accompaniment to banana fritters. Because it is cool, creamy and soft, ice cream perfectly offsets the hot and crispy banana fritter. You can even add fruit or other treats to top off the dessert!

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 cups (473.18 ml) all purpose flour
  • ½ (2.46 ml) teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ cup (118.3 ml) sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp (29.57 ml) olive or frying oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon (1.23 ml) salt
  • ½ teaspoon (2.46 ml) cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon (2.46 ml) vanilla extract
  • pinch of nutmeg (optional)
  • pinch of ground cardamom (optional)
  • 1 Tbsp (14.79 ml) confectionary sugar (optional)

Tips

  • Because banana fritters are served hot, make that you prepare them at the right time, when you’re in the mood for dessert!
  • Use a spatula or spoon to remove the fritters from the skillet rather than pouring them out of the skillet along with the excess oil.
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