El Maggie CHURROS Recipe ='.'=

Bienvenidos!!!

I just came back from "the happiest place on earth" with my Bebesters, Andretti & I just remembered that I forgot to eat a churro. :c

But no worries, I replaced those carbs with two unsalted Mickey Pretzels dipped in nacho cheese & a refreshing Duo Schmoozie (berry smoothie), the chocolatey one is the hubsters. & not eating a churro just reminded me to post my take on the cinnamony-Latin-cylindrical-doughnut-treat. A few months ago, I was chit-chatting with Ate Rianne about how I love Disney's churros but disliked the prices & how Costco churros were not the same. She suggested I look up El Tigre Churro. I found a few YELP ratings about them & how their churro stand was located in the sketchy parts of SD. Ummm, I'm craving them but I don't think I want to get myself killed just to try them. So instead I found a few recipes online and modified them.  Allrecipes has a bunch of rated recipes you can try. But if you'd like to try mine... continue reading...

Deeeeeep fried pastry

Ingredients

For Batter

• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground vanilla bean
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 quarts vegetable oil for frying

For Cinnamon/sugar topping

• 1/2 cup white sugar, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Mix/sift baking powder & flour together in a bowl, set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine water, sugar, vanilla bean powder, salt and butter. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in flour/baking powder until mixture separates from the saucepan and forms a ball.
2. Heat oil for frying in deep-fryer or deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Be warned, the batter & oil is HOT... Pipe strips of dough into hot oil using a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip (I used Wilton 1M). Fry until golden; drain on paper towels.
3. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Roll drained churros in cinnamon and sugar mixture. They should look like ...

& guess what we found at the Spring Valley Swap-meet? At least we won't have to drive through the ghetto to try them. & you know what??? They taste very similar. & you won't have to pay the extra dollar for the entrance fee.

16 Gorilla bread rolls ='.'=

Baked in a toaster oven @ 300 degrees.


Good morning Blogging world! 
This post is dedicated to my wonderful, beautiful, sweet, one-of-a-kind, God-blessed-me with Mommy, whom I inherited the love of cooking, baking, sewing, & so many other nifty things (& my Daddy's mom, Lola Lydia, she loved to cook , sew & make desserts too- we miss you Lola). 

Mommy & I & foooood


But since my parents moved to Seattle, WA this is a great way to show them how to prepare and bake Gorilla Bread for one of their potluck parties. It's so hard to communicate this recipe via cell phone or by listing the ingredients and expect it to look like the picture above. They are such party animals- hahahaha, nah not really, but they do get invited to many parties & attend often with dish in hand. Now you too can bake this for one of your parties this Labor Day Weekend.



 FYI: Gorilla Bread is Monkey Bread stuffed with cream cheese. You can find other recipes on

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gorilla-bread-recipe/index.html

Let's get started, (warning: there will be tons of step by step photos :D)

Ingredients:

• wax/parchment paper (or you can generously spray the pan with PAM)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 16 Pillsbury Crescent canned refrigerator rolls (2 tubes/cans to equal 16 rolls)
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into 16 cubes (tip: freeze before cutting)
• 1/2 stick butter, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cups walnuts (or pecans) chopped

Procedure:

Line baking 8-9 inch baking pan. Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the pan. Preheat toaster 

oven to 300 degrees F, if using a regular oven preheat & bake at 350.

Combine sugar and cinnamon.

Melt the 1/2 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil then add half of the walnuts; remove from heat.

 Unroll Crescents. Onto a SILPAT (or onto a plastic/Saran wrapped plate) this will prevent the rolls from sticking to the plate).

 Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each crescent.

 Place 8 cubes of cream cheese and roll like a log (cinnamon roll). 

Cut each roll evenly into 4 pieces (eventually will have a total of 16).  

Place the rolls in the pan (pan should have room so that the bread can double or more in size).

 Spoon the butter/brown sugar/walnut mixture on top. 

Cover pan with a foil to prevent burning.

Bake for about 30 minutes, then an additional 5 minutes uncovered. Invert onto a plate/remove rolls from the pan while it's still hot to avoid sticking to the pan or to the parchment paper.

 ~Njoy & Indulge! Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend & "Magingat lahat kayo" (as Mommy would say to all her little children)!    ='.'=

She posed for a picture with this & of course surprised me with one (taken by SIL-Marianne). She's wonderful! I love you MOMMY!