Cherry Fritters
Adapted and updated from Patsy Barton's Cherry Fritters in Maryland Cooking Compiled by the Maryland Home Economics Assoc.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 cups pitted, halved red sweet cherries surprisingly from 2 cups whole cherries
- additional granulated sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Set aside. In a small bowl, beat together the eggs, sugar and milk until smooth. Whisk into the flour mixture. Fold in cherries.
- Heat up a griddle or large pan. Oil or butter. Scoop 1/3 cups of the batter and cook until brown on both sides and cooked through--about 3 minutes on each side.
- Remove to a platter and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Repeat as needed.
- Serve immediately.