Churros / Fried Dough

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 lb mexican chocolate, ibarra chocolate coarsely chopped
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 4 ounces butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup corn oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• corn oil (for deep frying)
• powdered sugar
• cinnamon sugar (equal parts sugar and cinnamon)

Recipe

• 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.