Fritter from Netherlands Antilles

Ingredients

• 1 envelope dry yeast
• 3 tbsp sugar
• ½ cup warm water
• 2 well-beaten eggs
• ½ cups warm water
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups seedless raisins
• 3 apples, peeled and diced
• confectioners' sugar to dust

Directions

1. Put yeast and sugar in warm water and soak 10 minutes.
2. Mix together yeast mixture and eggs, water, vanilla and salt, and add to flour slowly.
3. Add fruit, let rise 1½ hours.
4. Drop in hot frying oil, dust confectioners' sugar.