#28: Churritos!

my friends and i planned for a taco party today and this morning i spontaneously decided that i wanted to make some churros. i tried a food network recipe in the magazine about a year ago - but did not have much luck with it. the churros were more like old fashioned doughnuts thick and doughy - not crispy and light. i browsed around allrecipes.com and found a highly rated recipe. i read through the reviews and decided to modify the recipe a bit based on people's feedback. the recipe itself is quite easy, but you have to be good at multi-tasking. after making the dough (sugar, water, salt, oil, and flour), i put the dough into a piping bag with a wide flower tip. i heated up the pan of oil and then started piping the dough into the hot oil. after waiting for the churros to turn golden brown, i set them on a paper towel and then later coated with cinnamon sugar mixture by shaking them in a paper lunch bag. i'm calling them churritos because they were much smaller than the average churro (or at least the ones i've had from disneyland or costco). i made mine about 4 inches long.

overall i thought this recipe was great. you just have to be prepared to work quickly. i doubled the recipe because the reviews said one recipe would only be enough for 2-3 people. 1 recipe probably makes 20 churros...so if that's only enough for 2-3 people, they must be eating quite a few. however, the deep fried goodness is so delicious, that it might actually be believable. great recipe, and i have officially bookmarked it for future use!

oh, and for your viewing pleasure, here is a peek at our taco party spread (including korean bbq tacos, carne asada tacos, ground turkey tacos, homemade guac, mexican rice, dulce de leche cookies, and all the fixings!) thanks k.lu for hosting us!