Churros

Churros

Ingredients

• 2 cups of water
• 2 cups of flour
• 8 Tbsp of Butter
• 8 eggs
• 4 Tbsp of granulated sugar (or as much sugar as you like, I have a sweet tooth)
• 1 Tspn of salt
• 1 Tspn of Vanilla extract
• Granulated sugar + cinnamon
• *Nutella
• Oil for frying
• Tools
• Piping bag
• Large star piping tip
• Table knife

*The recipe can be doubled or divided depending on how much Churros you want. 

Instructions 

1. Bring water to boil in a large saucepan. Add sugar, salt, butter and boil.
2. Reduce the heat and add flour stirring constantly using a spatula, stir on low heat for approximately 5 mins.
3. Remove saucepan from heat and continue stirring the mixture to cool it down, during this time you can add the vanilla extract.
4. Once it has cooled down, add eggs one at at time ensuring that each egg gets incorporated into the mixture before the next one is added.
5. Transfer the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
6. Heat the oil, pipe the mixture into the heated oil (use the knife to cut at the piping tip once you have gotten the desired length).
7. Allow to fry for about 5-7 minutes or until golden brown
8. Drain on a paper towel
9. Roll the Churros in the granulated sugar-cinnamon

*Drizzle a little bit of Nutella on the Churros (optional)

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