Churros / Fried Dough

Rita~'s Note:

Churros a hot and crunchy exterior with a soft chewy interior street food. Originated in Spain they quickly spread to Mexico and Argentina. Today, Churros are also enjoyed in the United States by all nationalities.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 10-12

Yield: 8.0 inches ...

Chocolate Caliente

• 2 cups milk
• ¼ lb mexican chocolate , Ibarra Chocolate coarsely chopped
• 1⁄8; cup sugar

Churros

• 2 ½ cups water
• 4 ounces butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup corn oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• corn oil (for deep frying)

Toppings

• powdered sugar
• cinnamon sugar (equal parts sugar and cinnamon)

Directions:

1. Chocolate Caliente:
2. Bring milk to a boil. Add in chocolate and sugar.
3. Stir over heat until chocolate is melted and sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
4. Churros:.
5. Heat water, butter, salt, brown sugar, oil, vanilla extract and nutmeg to a rolling boil.
6. Mix flour and baking powder together; stir vigorously into water mixture over low heat until mixture forms a ball (about one minute). Remove from heat.
7. Beat eggs in all at once. Continue beating until smooth.
8. Let the dough cool. Place dough in a piping bag with a large star tip.
9. In a large frying pan, heat oil in a pan 2 inches to 375 degrees F.
10. Pipe the churros in long rods directly into the hot oil.
11. Fry in 2-3 batches until golden brown on all sides about 2-3 minutes. Drain on paper towel.
12. Dust while still warm with choice of sugars and serve with Chocolate Caliente.

Reviews

[Julie B's Hive]

Haven't seen my star tip since last Christmas and now I know I have to search out another one. Made them last night when expecting friends for coffee. I used a plain round tip for piping into the hot oil, rolled them in cinnamon sugar and ate the first half while frying the second half, hahaha. I used one one cup of milk to one-and-a-half rounds of Ibarra and that was perfect for us. TFS!

[Just_Ducky!!]

These were absolutely lovely! I don't have a piping bag so I tried to improvise and used a large ziploc style bag, not a good idea since it bust open after only piping out 3 churros. Undaunted I pulled out my cookie press, chose a disc that I thought would work and after a bit of messing around, voila, I had lovely twisty churros ready to fry. A definite hit with the kids, but I should have made half the recipe as it truly makes a lot of churros! Thanks for another keeper Rita! Made and enjoyed for team Mischief Makers - ZWT #7.

[Faeanne]

This was our first time eating churros, so I have no comparison. The kids loved them. Hubby & I thought they were good. I'll probably make them again sometime when we're having a mexican-style dinner. I didn't pay attention to how many it serves, next time I'll only make a half batch!