I tried churros for the first time in Spain and absolutely loved them.  They are long donut-like pastry sticks covered in cinnamon sugar and served with a thick hot chocolate to dip them in.  Then you drink the chocolate after. I’m drooling just thinking about them.  Since Spain I haven’t had churros until this weekend!  My sister and I were wandering around Kensington Market and came across a very busy Mexican bakery called Pancho’s Bakery.  The churros were 1 for $1.50 or 4 for $5.  They are pretty much the same as Spanish churros except that the sauce is injected inside of the churro rather than served in a cup for dipping. We ordered 4 and they were super fresh.  They are dipped into the deep fryer as soon as you order them and they are injected with your filling of choice, chocolate or dulce de leche.  They are BEYOND amazing.  It was hard only eating 1 of them!

Now I’m eager to make my own churros!  Here is a great recipe I found: Cinnamon coated churros with chocolate dip
makes ~ 30 churros

40ml water 40ml whole milk 35g unsalted butter pinch salt large pinch sugar 100g flour 2 eggs vegetable oil (for frying the churros)

cinnamon sugar (for coating the churros)

Place water, milk, butter, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring this to boil. Add the flour all at once and stir vigourously with a wooden spoon until it comes together into a smooth ball. Transfer dough to the bowl and using an electric mixer, start mixing with a paddle attachment. When most of the steam has evaporated, add the eggs one at a time. Mix until it comes together to a smooth thick mass.

Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Heat the vegetable oil in a wide pan that has tall sides till 170C. When it reaches the temperature, pipe the batter into the oil and cut with scissors. Do not overcrowd the pan with too many pieces at one go (I fried four-five MAX each time). Fry them until golden brown. Remove the churros from the oil and roll them in cinnamon sugar. Serve immediately. Or keep warm in oven at 150C while you prepare the chocolate dip.