Churros

Total Time: 11 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• vegetable oil or olive oil
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 prepare to fry churros by heating the oil in a pan (1- 1 1/2") to 360°f to make churro dough, heat water, margarine, and salt to rolling boil in 3 quart saucepan; stir in flour.
• 2 stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball (about 1 min); remove from heat.
• 3 beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and add to saucepan while stirring mixture.
• 4 spoon mixture into a cake decorator tube with a large star tip.
• 5 squeeze 4" strips of dough into hot oil.
• 6 fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once every 2 minutes on each side.
• 7 drain on paper towels.
• 8 mix sugar and cinnamon; roll churros in sugar or dump it on the pile.