• Place a large plate lined with paper towels near the cooking area - this will hold the fried fritters. Have a large frying pan and vegetable oil ready to go.

Prepare the fritter batter

• Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together in a medium bowl. Hold this aside.
• Beat together the 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of milk, the eggs, and the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil together in the bowl of a stand mixer.
• With the mixer running on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture. When the batter is combined and smooth, stir the blueberries into the batter by hand.

Fry the fritters

• Pour vegetable oil in a large frying pan to a depth of about 2 inches. Heat the oil over medium heat to 350° F, until a bit of batter dropped in the oil bubbles and cooks.
• Take a tablespoon-sized portion of the batter and dribble it into the heated oil.
• Fry the fritter until the first side is golden brown, about 1-2 minutes. Turn the fritter over with a large slotted fry spoon to brown the other side, about 1-2 minutes longer.
• Once it is browned, remove it from the oil with the slotted spoon to the paper towel-lined plate. 
• Note: the batter should spread enough in the oil so that it is cooked through once both sides are browned.

  Check the first fritter or two that you make once they're cool enough to handle:

  > If they're raw in the middle, then thin the rest of the batter with more milk, a tablespoon at a time.

  > If the fritters are browning way too quickly, or burning, reduce the heat under the oil and allow a couple of minutes for the oil temperature to come down before frying the next fritter.
• Repeat the frying steps with the remaining batter, resting them on the lined plate when they're finished.
• While the fritters are still warm, dust them with confectioner's sugar. Maple syrup may also be set out to serve with the fritters. Enjoy them while they're warm.
• Makes about 12-15 fritters.