Churros

The simpler, the better, these churros are super easy to make. Serve them with hot chocolate, and you'll have the perfect breakfast or snack.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• Vegetable oil for frying
• 1/4 cup sugar for dusting

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1In a pot, boil the water with butter and salt.
2. 2Once it boils, add the flour and mix vigorously until it forms a uniform dough.
3. 3Remove from heat and continue mixing vigorously to ensure that no lumps remain and also to cool down the dough.
4. 4Put the dough in the bowl of an electric mixer with the kneading blade and add the eggs while kneading.
5. 5Knead until a uniform dough forms and refrigerate for half an hour.
6. 6Put the dough in a pastry bag with a star spout, form the churros on a tray covered with parchment paper.
7. 7In a cauldron over medium-high heat, heat plenty of vegetable oil to fry the churros. To make sure that the oil has the right temperature, put a tablespoon of dough to fry, if the dough floats and bubbles form around it, then you can start frying the churros.
8. 8Put the dough in a pastry bag with a star spout, form the churros on a tray covered with parchment paper.
9. 9Transfer the churros to the cauldron, one by one and 4 by 4, until they begin to brown. Flip so they are evenly fried.
10. 10Remove the churros from the cauldron and put them to drain on absorbent paper.
11. 11Sprinkle the churros with sugar.
12. 12Serve immediately with hot chocolate.