Of Snow Days & Apple Fritters

 Some things just go together...

like peanut butter and chocolate,
sunshine and flip flops,
and apple fritters and snow days.

When I saw the weather forecast,

I wasn't exactly thrilled at the thought of yet another snowstorm!

But then I realized that spring is just around the corner,

so why not just enjoy the weather I'm given?

There's something about the snow flying that makes me want to get in my comfiest clothes (namely pj's)

put in a good movie and snack on some yummy food.

Sunday night was the perfect time to do that!

I didn't complain about having some extra time with my man,

since he'd been gone to Indiana for a conference for the previous 3 days.

After the storm had ended, I bundled up the kiddos and we trudged through the snow to the mailbox.

The snow was deep enough that Hadassah could barely walk through the drifts,
but she still insisted on doing it herself!

Since my strategic plan to slip out the door while the baby slept didn't work the way I'd hoped,

I resorted to holding the baby in one arm

while snapping pictures with the other.

She happily hopped in her car, but didn't make it very far.

Someone really ought to make toy snowplows;

just think how much fun they'd have and we wouldn't have to shovel the walks!

After putting the kids to bed, I happened to open my Bible to Job 38, and thought it was the perfect passage to read after seeing the blanket of snow.

"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow? (v22)

Who fathers the drops of dew? From whose womb comes the ice?" (v28, 29)

I'm in awe of the power of God!

All of creation speaks of His glory.

Now, about those apple fritters....

I always think of doughnuts on snow days, but don't really want to make a whole batch for us to eat.

I looked on Pinterest and found a recipe for apple fritter bites.

It was a small batch, so it was perfect for us!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup chopped apple, (can use granny smith, gala, and rome apples) pea size
1 cup powered sugar
3 tablespoons milk or half and half
oil for frying

Directions: 
In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; set aside. In a small bowl, stir together milk, egg, vanilla, and butter until egg is mixed well. Pour into dry ingredient and just stir until all ingredient are mixed; add apples and fold in gently. Heat oil around 365 degrees and drop in oil with a small cookie scooper being careful not to over crowd. Once in the grease bubbles, turn fritters over and flatten a little and fry until golden brown. It takes about 35 seconds on each side on this size. Adjust cooking time on size of the fritter and the temperature of the oil.

In a small bowl, mix together powdered sugar and milk until smooth and creamy; set aside.  When golden brown, remove the fritters from the hot oil and lay on a sheet pan lined with paper towels.  When slightly cooled, dip in the glaze and place on a wire rack over a sheet pan to let the excess drip off.  Eat warm.  Enjoy!

I used my Fry Daddy, and turned it on before I had the batter mixed up so the oil was hotter than it probably should have been, so they ended up being a little darker than I'd planned.

But it didn't seem to matter after I'd rolled them in glaze.
Oh. My. Total deliciousness!

These are a treat for sure.

Let's just say, I made my husband's night!

And mine :)

I believe we have ourselves a new snow-day tradition!

Throw in a bowl of French onion soup,

and I'm in heaven!

Somebody, remind me again why I don't like snow days!