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Dutch Apple Fritters

A fried dough pastry with apples, raisins, and cinnamon sugar.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Dutch Apple Fritters

50 donuts

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Dissolve sugar in warm water.

  2. Sprinkle yeast on top.

  3. Let stand for about 10 minutes.

  4. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until mixed.

  5. Add scalded milk, warm water, yeast mixture, and margarine. Beat well.

  6. Add flour, sugar, and salt. Mix well.

  7. Add diced apple.

  8. Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size. A lobster pot works well for this.

Fry and coat

  1. In a separate bowl, mix the sugar with cinnamon to taste. Set aside.

  2. Fill a fryer pot with 4 inches of canola oil or melted shortening. Heat to 375°F (190°C).

  3. Scoop large spoonfuls of dough into the hot oil. Dip the spoons in the hot oil before scooping the dough to keep them from getting too sticky.

  4. Fry the oliebollen until golden brown, turning them to ensure even cooking.

  5. Remove the oliebollen and place them on paper towels and paper bags.

  6. Roll oliebollen in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1115Calories
29 gProtein
40 gFat
163 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the dough and add structure and richness as they set.
Flour
Forms the gluten network that gives the fritters their structure.
Yeast
Produces gas that makes the dough rise and become light.
Margarine
Adds fat that tenderizes the dough and adds richness.
Granny smith apples
Add moisture and tartness that contrast with the sweet dough.

The step that matters

Heat the oil to 375°F (190°C) and dip the spoons first. Oil at the right temperature sets the outside quickly so the fritters brown without soaking up grease or staying raw inside. Oiled spoons keep the sticky dough from clinging, so each scoop drops cleanly.

Swap the apple

The recipe marks apple as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg, milk, flour, cinnamon, raisin, canola oil):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, milk, flour, cinnamon, raisin, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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