Smokey's Smokin' Low-Carb Pumpkin Fritters

Who doesn't love the creamy taste and subtle sweetness of the many pumpkin desserts, this time of the year?!!

Even after the Thanksgiving Day Holiday, pumpkin still manages to peek out of our refrigerators and our cupboards, in many forms. 

Since our posting of our Pumpkin Mousse, we've discovered yet, another way to disguise pumpkin in a sweet setting ~ Smokey's Smokin' Low-Carb Pumpkin Fritters.

Each bite offers a crispy and light, yet sweet and chewy pumpkin donut flavor.  

Preparation time is only 5 minutes, while cooking time, another 5-10 minutes.

This week's yummy ingredients include:

• 2 Cups of Vegetable Oil
• 2 Cups Sweetener of Choice
• 2 Tbsp. Cinnamon
• 2 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 Cup Pumpkin
• 1 Cup Carbquik (bought from Amazon.com)
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 1/4 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
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We'll begin, by combining our Carbquik, Pumpkin, Baking Powder, 1 cup of our Sweetener, Salt, Egg, Heavy Whipping Cream, and Vanilla in our mixing bowl and will place aside. (Very simple)

We'll then, turn our burner to medium heat, will place our small pot on our stove, and will fill with 1/2 inches of Vegetable Oil.

We'll then, allow our oil to heat, before adding our batter.

After about 5-10 minutes, our oil will slightly smoke and tiny bubbles will form around the edges of our pot.

That will be our indication that our oil has sufficiently heated and is awaiting our pumpkin fritter batter.

Next, we'll scoop about 1 Tbsp. of batter and will drop into our heated oil.

We'll allow our batter to cook for about 5-8 minutes, or until their bottoms have turned golden brown.

Once the bottoms of our fritters appear to have turned a lovely golden brown, we'll gently turn them over to cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Although, our fritters may seem under cooked, we'll still remove them from our oil and will place on our paper towel lined plate.

*We flipped over our 1st batch and continued cooking until both sides were golden brown.  However, our result was a crispier fritter, that lacked moisture and flavor.

So, for our 2nd batch, we decided to flip our fritters and to fry them for only 3-5 minutes. Although the top seemed under cooked, they were JUST right!  

Our fritters were soft, chewy, and were full of flavor*

The paper towel lined plate will collect any remaining oil from our fritters.  

As our fritters were frying, we mixed 1 cup of our Sweetener and our Cinnamon together in our bowl, and placed aside for later.

We'll eventually roll our fritters in our lovely and sweet Cinnamon and faux sugar mixture.

Once our fritters have rested on our paper towel, for about 1 or 2 minutes, we'll thoroughly roll each  in our sweetener mixture, until fully covered.

We'll then, place on our serving plate and will continue coating the remainder of our fritters.

Voila!

Our soft, chewy, moist, and yet flavorful pumpkin fritters are ready for our drooling mouths!!

Although our fritters may be served at any temperature, they are probably best served HOT!  

Our fritters remind us of a version of Hawaii's Malasada's.  

Each bite offers a delightful combination of pumpkin, sweetness, and a hint of Cinnamon, all in one! 

We found ourselves devouring more than a couple at one time. 

From our kitchen to yours ~

Enjoy!