Mexican Dessert Recipes
Churros
Churros are short, fluted fried dough sticks and are popular throughout Spain and South America. They originated in Spain. Churros are often enjoyed for breakfast with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee but Mexicans often enjoy them in the evening as well.
Mexican churros are usually longer than the Spanish type and can be filled with custard. If you visit Mexico, you are sure to see churros being made and sold at street stands in every town. The following recipe calls for the hot churros to be rolled in cinnamon and sugar for a truly special taste. They are best served piping hot.
Authentic Mexican Churros Recipe
Ingredients -
3 eggs
½ cup butter
2 quarts vegetable oil
¼ cup white sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup water
1 cup all purpose flour
Preparation:
Heat the vegetable oil to 360 degrees F in a deep skillet.
You will need about 1 ½ inches of oil.
Bring the butter and water to a rolling boil in a saucepan.
Mix the salt with the flour and add this to the butter mixture.
Turn the heat down to low, stirring it all the time until you get a ball of dough.
This will take about a minute. Take the mixture off the heat.
Beat in the eggs gradually, and then spoon this mixture into a star-tipped pastry piping bag.
Squeeze 4 inch lengths of the batter into the hot oil, frying 3 lengths at once for a couple of minutes per side or until golden brown.
Drain the churros on paper towels.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon and roll the hot churros in it.
Serve hot with a cup of coffee or chocolate for dunking.
