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Last Updated on December 7, 2023
I recently discovered tapioca flour and while I know it falls into the cheat group, I’m in love with using it for pizza dough and other “bread-like” recipes. The thing I miss most being grain-free is donuts. While trying to create a donut recipe, I stumbled on to another sweet favorite – apple fritters.
Another lovely thing about this paleo dessert is that it is a nut free recipe. I know I’ve done something right when Mr. Bejelly asks me to make something more than three times. We really enjoy the paleo apple fritters with coffee or dirty chai..
This recipe is now exclusively available in my Paleo Cookbook Paleo Eats.
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Oh yum! Sounds delish 🙂
These sound wonderful. I’ve never heard of Tapioca flour. It’s always nice when I find new things to work with. Hopefully I can find it somewhere around where I live
I just discovered it. It gives foods a springy texture so I’m exploring the possibilities. I hope you find some so you can enjoy this recipe.
These look amazing! I pinned for later 🙂
I love fritter anything, these sound delish! I’ve never heard of tapioca flour, will look into it!
Looks super yummy!!
YUM! Sounds amazing and I can actually eat all of the ingredients. I have never deep fried anything the bubbling oil scares me a little but these sound absolutely amazing and might just get me to do it. Thank you for sharing.
These look very good.
Pinned it!! Yummy!! 🙂
Yummy! I pinned it to try later. I’ve never used tapioca flour before, so I’m intrigued. 🙂
Fantastic recipe!
I’ve never tried to make fritters, and these sure look delicious!
I’m not paleo, but these look good!
These sound yummy! Believe it or not I’ve never had a fritter!
Yummy!
these look Delicious I have to make these
These look great! Have you seen Spunky Coconut’s recipe for grain-free chocolate donuts? I am going to try these for a special occasion
http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2012/05/chocolate-doughnuts-with-or-without-egg.html
It looks like a tasty recipe but I have a nut allergy so that leaves me with coconut flour as the main flour I can use. Thanks for sharing.
Yummy!
These are going to be the first thing I make after the low calorie portion of my HCG round. Can’t wait!!
Oh goodness, these look absolutely delicious.
Is there a substitute for cardamom? I know only a small amount is used here but it is brutally expensive. If there is no substitute, would it alter the flavor a great deal if it were to be omitted?
You can skip it and add cinnamon if you like 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. My fritters didn’t stay together at all when frying them. Any idea what could have caused this? My dough was pretty runny, so maybe I didn’t measure the flours correctly?? Did you pack the flour?
OMG. I just realized I misread my conversion chart and added twice the amount of butter that the recipe called for. That must have been what caused my problem. I will definitely try this recipe again because even with them falling apart and having too much butter they were still good!
Aw 🙂 I hope they work better next time hun 🙂
can you please tell me the amount of honey we have to use
Hi Donna! Thanks so much for your question! 1/4 cup!
These look delicious, but I do have one question: how much oil do you fry these in? In other words, what depth of oil should be in the pan?
Chris, I have a really small fry pan that I use. It’s maybe 7″ round. I use roughly 2 1/2 – 3 cups of oil to fry these. You don’t need a ton.
These were delicious! I made chunks of apple instead of shredding it and substituted coconut sugar for the honey and they came out great. I didn’t bother flattening them. I just fried them for 2 minutes or less per side and everything came out fully cooked and delicious!!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe. It was a great treat after nearly 2 years without a doughnut type treat!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them Denise!
Can I use Truvia in place of honey?
I don’t see why that would be an issue. You might need to add a touch of water to the batter if it’s too stiff.