Pumpkin Fritters
These sweet pumpkin fritters have a delicious deep fried golden brown coating and a sticky sweet pumpkin spice cream cheese glaze.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
Pumpkin Fritters
- 1 cup flour (all purpose or
gluten-free 1:1 if needed) - ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups coconut oil (or vegetable oil), divided
Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Glaze
- ½ package (4 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Stir together flour, salt, and baking power. In a separate bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, maple syrup, milk, egg, and vanilla. Thoroughly mix in dry ingredients.
- Add 1 cup coconut oil into a large frying pan. Heat over medium. When the oil is hot, add about ¼ cup of batter in small circles/patches to make fritters (about 3-4 will fry in the pan at once). Cook each about 3 minutes per side. Flip and cook the other side for 3 minutes. Remove from pan.
- Add the remaining coconut oil to the pan. Repeat with the remaining batter and fry the second batch of fritters.
- Allow fritters to cool on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- For glaze: in a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar, a little at a time and continue to beat until fully incorporated. Mix in vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup, and milk. Allow the pumpkin fritters to cool until only warm, then drizzle overtop.