I recently made a hundred-year-old recipe for old-fashioned orange fritters that was delightful. These deep-fried nuggets seemed almost decadent when served with the accompanying orange sauce.
Here’s the original recipe:
This recipe made a lot of fritters – and not a lot of sauce. If I made the full recipe again, I’d consider doubling the sauce.
Here’s the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Orange Fritters
6 small oranges or 4 large oranges
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 eggs
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup milk
shortening or lard
Peel oranges and separate into segments. Cut each segment into 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside.
Put flour, baking powder, eggs, butter, sugar, and milk in mixing bowl; stir until combined. Stir in the orange pieces.
Place the shortening or lard into a large skillet, and heat until hot. (There should be about 1/2 inch of melted fat. Add more if needed.) Drop heaping teaspoonsful of batter into the hot fat. Cook until lightly browned on the bottom, then gently turn to brown the other side. When browned, remove from the skillet with a fork or slotted spoon. Drain on paper towels, then serve with sauce.
Sauce
2 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup finely cut orange
Put butter and powdered sugar in a saucepan; stir to combine. Stir in the egg yolks, then add the finely cut orange pieces. Put in a sauce pan, and heat using medium heat until hot and the sauce begins to thicken. If too thick, add water or orange juice to make thinner. (Note: If lots of sauce is desired for the fritters, the sauce recipe can be doubled.)
A Hundred Years Ago 
I’ve never had these, but they sound really delightful.
I bet my younger sister would love these! I’m going to send her the recipe and/or link to this post!!
This sounds wonderful. My mother made corn, apple, and pineapple fritters, and while I don’t have her recipes, I’m pretty sure she separated the eggs. I’ll look forward to trying this. Thank you.
These sound delicious I have used apples, bananas or pineapple but not oranges and I always have lots of oranges the kids and hubby would love these 🙂
I bet your home smelled yummy like orange treats. These sound lovely.