Give me a good theme and I will go far. Last nights premiere of Boardwalk Empire begged for something homemade while staying true to the times. Prohibition was in full effect for me given it was a Sunday night with a full work week ahead so I decided to listen to my sweet tooth and make this Churro recipe. What can I say, I love fair food and that is what I think of when I think Atlantic City. They were perfect rolled in cinnamon and sugar, but decided to whip up a chocolate carmel sauce and a cinnamon sugar glaze while heating up the oil in between batches. They added the perfect finishing touch.
Ingredients (churros)
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups of oil for frying
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water, 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar, salt and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in flour until mixture forms a ball. You can leave the dough out while making dipping sauces.
- Heat oil in deep skillet at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Usually you can pipe strips of dough with a star shape tip, but I didn’t have a tip so I rolled them by hand and then made the impressions with a knife. Make sure to coat the knife in flour so that it does not stick to the dough.
- Fry until golden; drain on paper towels.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Roll drained churros in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
{hand imprinted the dough since I didn’t have a star-shaped pasty tip}
Ingredients (chocolate carmel sauce)
- 1/2 cup of butterscotch carmels chips
- 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
Directions
- Melt carmel chips on medium heat.
- After carmel has completely melted down, add chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream.
- Stir consistently until all three have blended together.
Ingredients (cinnamon sugar glaze)
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 cup of brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- half of cup of unsalted butter
- powdered sugar as desired
Directions
- Melt butter and salt over medium heat. Once butter begins to melt, add brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Continuously stir until melted.
- Drizzle cinnamon sugar glaze over churros. Add powdered sugar to taste.
