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Swabian · Dessert · 40 min

Apfelküchle (Swabian apple fritters)

Thick apple rings in batter, deep-fried golden brown and rolled in cinnamon sugar, served warm with crème fraîche.

As of: 11 October 2026

Apfelküchle (Swabian apple fritters)

Ingredients

servings

Fritters

  • 4tart apples (e.g. Boskoop)
  • 150 mlvegetable oil (for frying, about 1 cm deep in the pan)

Batter

  • 180 gplain flour
  • 2eggs
  • 50 gsugar
  • 150 mlmilk (beer works instead of milk, which makes the batter more bitter)
  • 1 pinchsalt

To serve

  • 2 tbspcinnamon sugar (for rolling)
  • 4 tbspcrème fraîche (optional)
Time
30 min active · 40 min total
Difficulty
easy

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Preparation

  1. Whisk the flour, eggs, sugar, salt and milk into a thick batter; it should run slowly off the spoon.
  2. Peel the apples, cut out the cores and slice the apples crosswise into rings about 1 cm thick.
  3. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Pull the apple rings one at a time through the batter, let them drip briefly and fry in batches over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.
  4. Drain the finished fritters on kitchen paper, roll them in cinnamon sugar while still warm and serve with a dollop of crème fraîche.

Drink with it

  • Fruit brandy · excellent match

    Apple brandy or Calvados, neat at room temperature

    The apple brandy echoes the baked apple, its alcohol cuts the frying fat, and the cinnamon note meets the cask ageing of a Calvados.

    What is Calvados? Apple brandy with origin ↗

  • Sweet wine · good match

    Riesling Spätlese or Auslese

    The apple-like fruit and lively acidity of Riesling mirror the tart Boskoop rings and carry the cinnamon sugar.

    Which wine goes with dessert? Comparing sweetness deliberately ↗

  • Sparkling wine · good match

    Off-dry Sekt or Crémant demi-sec

    The bubbles and acidity clear the fat from the batter, and the slight residual sweetness keeps pace with the cinnamon sugar.

    Sparkling wine, Champagne, and Prosecco: what's the difference? ↗

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