Homemade Mexican Churros

Raising four happy little kiddies can be a pretty easy job.  (Most of the time.) Satisfying their sweet tooth???  Not so easy.  One child loves anything made with chocolate and peanut butter, another likes everything Oreo, one will eat anything as long as it doesn't have nuts or raisins, and the other will only eat what he helps to make.  The one thing my kiddies have in common is that they all love Churros!  There is a vendor downtown that makes delicious churros, but only on the weekends.  And well, sometime we want Churros on a Tuesday afternoon.  Not a problem!  Churros are super easy and quick to make.  And don't worry if you don't have a pastry bag with a star-tip, you can spoon the batter into a large Ziploc bag and cut off the corner tip OR you can have your kiddies help shape the dough into bite-size pieces and make Mini-Churro Bites.

I like to eat my Churros with Mexican Hot Chocolate, if they don't disappear before I reach for my mug, which is what usually happens. 

Churros

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• A pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Cinnamon Sugar (recipe below) 

Directions:
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; set aside.

In a medium saucepan, bring the water and butter to a boil until the butter has completely melted; remove from heat.  Quickly stir in the flour mixture with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a ball.  Mix in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, until the dough is smooth.  Spoon the dough into a pastry bag fitted with a wide star tip.

In a deep skillet, heat enough vegetable oil to measure 1-inch over medium-high heat.  Carefully squeeze out strips of dough (or any desired shape) into the hot oil.  Fry until Churros are a deep golden brown on both sides.  Remove to a plate lined with paper towels to drain off excess oil for a couple of minutes.  Roll the fried Churros in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.  Enjoy!!! 

For the Mini Churro Bites: Tear off small pieces of dough and roll into 1-1/2 to 2-inch balls.  Fry as directed.

For the Cinnamon Sugar: Mix together 1 cup granulated sugar with 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.

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