Cheese fritters
Servings: 20 fritters
Calories: 66kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 block cream cheese 8oz room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoon dry yeast
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¼ cup warm water more or less depends on the dough
- Oil for frying
To garnish:
- Confectioner’s sugar simple syrup, chocolate syrup.
Instructions
- In a big bowl or your mixer’s bowl, combine dry ingredients well.
- Add cheese and mix.
- Gradually add water while kneading until you get a nice consistent dough that does not stick.
- Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and let it rise for an hour.
- Roll the dough on a clean surface to about 3-4 mm thickness.
- Cut with cookie cutter to shape of choice.
- Heat 1 inch of oil in a pan and fry the fritters until golden brown, they will puff up as they fry and will be hollow.
- Drizzle hot fritters with cooled simple syrup, honey or dust with powdered sugar.
- Garnish with crushed nuts and serve with fresh fruits is desired.
Notes
- Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature before working with it. This makes the kneading easier.
- You can add some spices to the dough to change the flavor a bit, ground cinnamon, cardamom or cloves work well for this recipe.
- It is best to consume cheese fritters fresh.
- Leftovers should be kept at room temperature in an airtight container. Last up to 2 days
- For the simple syrup you will need 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup water Juice of ½ lime 1 teaspoon of any of rose water, orange blossom water or vanilla extract.
- Nutritional values are calculated for the dough only.
- Please check the nutrition disclaimer policy.
Nutrition
Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 54mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg