Fritter batter

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup All-purpose flour*
½ cup Milk
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt**
1 teaspoon Vegetable oil
2 Eggs
1 cup All-purpose flour*
1 cup Milk
¼ cup Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt**
1 Egg

Directions

OR THIN BATTER

Prepare food to be fried. Thaw frozen foods completely before frying.

Dry food completely before dipping into batter. Use Fritter Batter with chopped or shredded foods; use Thin Batter when you want to retain shape of food.

Heat vegetable oil (2 to 3 inches) in deep fryer or Dutch oven to 375F. Beat batter ingredients with hand beater until smooth.

Fritters (chopped cooked shrimp or fully cooked smoked ham; cubed luncheon meat; corn; chopped apple or banana; pineapple cubes): Stir about 1 cup food into Fritter Batter; *IF using self rising flour, omit baking powder and salt. **If adding salted foods to the batter, omit salt.

drop by level tablespoonsful into hot oil. Fry until completely cooked about 5 minutes; drain.

Deep-fried Foods (whole shrimp, scallops, oysters, fish fillets, partially cooked chicken pieces, cutlets; eggplant slices, cauliflowerets, onion rings, zucchini slices; pineapple slices banana quarters, apple slices, apricot halves): Coat food with flour; dip food into Thin Batter with tongs or fork, allowing excess batter to drop into bowl. Fry in hot oil until golden brown; drain.

Source: Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 6th Edition

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