Churros and Donut

CHURROS
Ingredients

• Vegetable or olive oil, for frying
• 1 cup water
• 4 ounces butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Chocolate Dunking Sauce, recipe follows

Directions

Prepare to fry the churros by heating 1 to 1 1/2 inches oil in a deep pan to 360 degrees F.

To make churro dough, heat water, butter and salt to rolling boil in 3-quart saucepan; stir in

flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute; remove from the heat. Beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and then add to saucepan while stirring mixture.

Spoon mixture into a piping tube with large star tip. Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough into hot oil. Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Mix the sugar and cinnamon. Roll churros in the cinnamon sugar. Serve with Chocolate Dunking Sauce.

Plain Doughnuts

This recipe makes one dozen donuts.

Microwave 1 cup of milk so that it is warm (not hot) add
the 5 teaspoons of yeast (2 packets) and a pinch of sugar and stir.
Let stand for about 5 minutes

In a bowl combine:
2 cups of all purpose flour
1/2 cup of warm mashed potatoes (see the bottom of the page)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of sugar

Then in the bowl add:
The milk mixture (from above) and
2 Tablespoons of oil

Mix the dough well by hand or in a mixer with a dough
hook for 3 minutes.

Prepare your kneading surface by spreading a few
tablespoons of flour on a smooth surface.

Put the dough in the middle of the flour and sprinkle a
little flour on top and on your hands. Knead the dough a few times.

Once the dough has been kneaded, spread it out to be a
half inch thick with your hands or with a rolling pin.

Now it is time to cut out the donuts with donut cutter.

Place the donuts on a floured pan to let rise as you get the oil ready.
Let them rise for a total of ten minutes (it takes about five minutes for the oil to heat up).

(Photos by Jojie. Taken during baking demo by Oliver Mina @ 'Baking Club' @ SEP2010 @ Villa Julia, Silang, Cavite)