Pumpkin fritters – Tasty, creamy oven-baked delicacy

Pumpkin is such a versatile veggie to cook with. This oven-baked pumpkin fritters recipe is proof of that. We all know the traditionally deep-fried fritters. However, this oven-baked pumpkin fritters recipe is perhaps less guilty. It omits all the oil that traditionally goes with this tasty bite.

This oven-baked treat is sweet and tasty. After coming out of the oven, top it with a mouth-watering sauce and a generous sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.

So, if you get tired of traditionally cooked pumpkin, or pumpkin soup or deep-fried pumpkin fritters, try our oven-baked pumpkin fritters recipe.

Definitely worth a try! If you have any leftovers, simply freeze them for later use.

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Oven-baked pumpkin fritters recipe

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Dirnise Britz Course: Side dishCuisine: South AfricanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

• Pumpkin fritters

• 125 g soft butter/margarine

• 200 ml sugar

• 3 eggs

• 1 cup (250 ml) cake flour

• 15 ml baking powder

• 2 ml salt

• 3 cups (750 ml) cooked finely mashed pumpkin

• 5 ml vanilla essence

• fine cinnamon

• Sauce

• 4 eggs

• 1 cup (250 ml) water

• 1 cup (250 ml) sugar

• pinch of salt

• 1 heaped tablespoon maizena

• ½ cup (125 ml) lemon juice

Method

• Pumpkin fritters
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Beat the butter, eggs and sugar well.
• Sift the flour, salt and baking powder and add to the egg mixture and mix well.
• Add the cooked pumpkin and vanilla and mix until well blended.
• Pour into greased muffin pans.
• Bake until golden and cooked through.
• Leave to set and cool.
• Sauce
• Combine the sauce ingredients.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
• Drizzle spoonfuls of the sauce over the baked pumpkin cakes.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.

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