Homemade Southern Corn Fritters

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This is a traditional corn fritter recipe that is super simple and hard to mess up! Corn fritters are soft in the center and a little bit crispy on the edges, which makes them absolutely addictive! Economical, easy to prepare and quick to cook, naturally, they are a staple found on quite a few Southern dining tables.

A basic corn fritter recipe consists of fresh or de-thawed yellow corn kernels, eggs, milk, melted butter and flour. That is it. Simple ingredients list, huh? Despite the simple components, they can be prepared in many different ways: deep fried, gently browned with a bit of oil in a cast iron fry pan, or baked in the oven.

I like to eat corn fritters with honey, jam or maple syrup in the morning. But, if I am frying them up to go with ham or chicken then putting a pat of butter on them is good. In fact, my mom and I just prepared them for lunch and put goat cheese and red peppers on top. Yum!

Ingredients:

two cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

one teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1/4 tsp paprika or black pepper

one cup of low-fat milk

2 eggs

2 tablespoons of room temperature or melted butter (shortening works, too)

1 1/2 cups of fresh, uncooked corn kernels or thawed out and drained corn kernels

To make the fritters:

Mix the dry ingredients in a little bowl until evenly and thoroughly mixed (this will ensure that the baking powder is well distributed in the flour) and then set off to one side while you prepare the rest of the recipe. In another bowl, lightly beat the two eggs then add the milk and butter and stir.

After that, stir in the dry ingredients and blend until all big lumps are gone. It's acceptable for the mixture to have minimal, pea size lumps. The main thing you need to be sure of is to never over blend the ingredients, or the mix could easily get "gummy".

After the wet and dry items are mixed together stir in the corn kernels. Remember, do not over stir.

Pour the oil inside of a fry pan to deep fry or add a few tablespoons of oil to a cast iron skillet to lightly cook and brown the fritters. Heat the oil until a drop of water dripped into the oil forms a soft ball. Never let the oil heat to the point of smoking.

Drop spoonfuls of batter into the oil and cook for 3-5 minutes or until such time as golden brown. Take out the fritters with a slotted spoon and simply let them drain onto paper towels or brown groceries bags. Serve warm.

I hope you enjoy corn fritters at least as much as I do!