Churros

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• canola oil (for deep frying)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons mexican cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a medium sauce pan combine water and butter and 1 tbs sugar and the salt. bring to boil over medium heat. as the mixture comes to a boil, add flour all at once and cook, stirring until the batter comes together and away from the sauce pan. remove from heat and let cool for up to 3 minutes. add the eggs and beat with an electric mixer until the dough well blended. the dough will be thick.
• 2 pour enough oil into a deep fryer of fairly deep frying pan at least 3 inches and heat to 350 degrees.
• 3 spoon dough into a pastry bag with a 1/2 in star shaped tip or if you don't have a round tip works just as well. when oil reaches temp, pipe out 2 or 3 inch churros right into the hot oil (leaving plenty of room between each churro to evenly cook. fry approximately 4 minutes or till just golden brown on both sides. remove from oil and drain on paper towel, then roll in cinnamon and sugar topping.
• 4 for best results, serve as soon as possible.