Churros
- 5 cups water
- 8 ounces butter
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup corn oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 8 eggs
- 1 pint corn oil
- Cinnamon Sugar, recipe follows
- Chocolate Caliente, recipe follows
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ground cinnamon
- 1 quart milk
- 1/2 pound Mexican chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Heat water, butter, salt, sugar, oil, vanilla extract and nutmeg to a rolling boil.
- Stir in flour.
- Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball (about one minute).
- Remove from heat.
- Beat eggs in all at once.
- Continue beating until smooth.
- Let the dough cool.
- Place dough in a piping bag with a star tip.
- In a large frying pan, heat corn oil.
- Pipe the churros in long rods directly into the hot corn oil.
- Fry until golden brown on all sides.
- Dust with Cinnamon Sugar and serve with Chocolate Caliente.
- In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon together and store in an airtight container.
- Bring milk to a boil.
- Add in chocolate and sugar.
- Stir over heat until chocolate is melted and sugar has dissolved.
- Yield: 4 servings
water, butter, salt, sugar, corn oil, vanilla, nutmeg, flour, eggs, corn oil, cinnamon sugar, chocolate caliente, sugar, ground cinnamon, milk, chocolate, sugar
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/churros-recipe.html (may not work)