PUMPKIN-FRITTERS-VETKOEKIES
Makes 36.
Quick old school snack
Ingredients:
500ml self-raising flour
250ml mashed, cooked pumpkin or butternut
Pinch salt
15ml sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
30ml melted butter
200ml milk
400 ml cooking oil
Cinnamon sugar (e.g. 1 teaspoon sugar mix with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder)
Method:
Sift flour and salt into a bowl and stir in 15ml sugar. Make a well in centre and add egg, butter, pumpkin and enough milk to make a thick pancake batter. Heat oil in a large frying pan and drop batter, 15ml at a time, into it. Fry fritters until golden brown, about 3 minutes on either side. Drain on absorbent paper and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Serve hot.
BRON – Liezel Haydricks (lid)
