State Fair Churros Recipes

CHURROS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oil at 320F degrees while you make the churro batter. You can use a candy thermometer to check the temperature.
• Place the water, vanilla extract, salt, and butter in a saucepan at medium- high heat.
• Once it comes to a rolling boil, stir in the flour all at once. It is very important that the water is boiling to ensure that the dough will render crispy churros.
• Mix the dough vigorously using a wooden spoon or spatula. You have to do this step very quickly.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat, wait about a minute, then add the egg. Keep mixing until the egg is completely integrated into the dough (you can use a mixer for this step). In the beginning, the dough will want to separate after adding the egg, but keep mixing until the ingredients are well combined and you have a smooth and soft dough that separates from the bottom of the pot. This step will take a few minutes.
• Place the dough in the pastry bag fitted with a star-shaped tip. Make sure there aren't any bubbles of air in the dough while you place it inside the bag.
• Pipe 6-inch strips of dough on a prepared tray and then fry them (see notes). You can also pipe the strips of dough directly into the hot oil, cutting them with your kitchen scissors. The oil will start bubbling when you add the raw churro, and at this point you must not touch the oil or the churro, to avoid having an explosion.
• Fry the churros for about 2 to 2.5 minutes in hot oil ( 320F) until golden brown (in total it should take 4-5 minutes to cook each churro), and then turn the churros to have an even crispiness and golden color.
• Once they are golden, remove from the heat, place on the paper towel to drain for a few seconds, and then roll in the sugar.

STATE FAIR CHURROS

Steps:

• Prepare to fry churros by heating the oil in a pan (1- 1 1/2") to 360°F To make churro dough, heat water, margarine, and salt to rolling boil in 3 quart saucepan; stir in flour.
• Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball (about 1 min); remove from heat.
• Beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and add to saucepan while stirring mixture.
• Spoon mixture into a cake decorator tube with a large star tip.
• Squeeze 4" strips of dough into hot oil.
• Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once every 2 minutes on each side.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon; roll churros in sugar or dump it on the pile.

TASTY EASY BAKED CHURROS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180˚C.
• 2. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and brown sugar in the water and bring to a boil.
• 3. Turn off the heat and stir in the flour.
• 4. Take the pot off of the heat source, and mix in the vanilla, then the eggs one at a time.
• 5. Transfer mixture to a piping bag with a 5 point, or star, tip.
• 6. Pipe out thick 3-inch strips of churro batter onto a baking sheet covered with parchment, using a knife to release each piece from the piping tip, if needed.
• 7. Bake for 10 minutes, then broil until golden brown.
• 8. Dredge each churro in melted butter, then cinnamon sugar. Serve with melted chocolate if desired.