Monday, May 28, 2007

Mexican Cinnamon Cigar Puffs




Ingredients for choux paste:

250 ml. water
100 gm. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
190 gm. Plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs - beaten

Cinnamon sugar: mix together

80 gm. castor sugar
1/2 to 1 tsp. cinnamon powder - up to individual taste

Method:

(1) Boil water , salt and butter in a saucepan.
(2) When water boils, pour in all the flour and baking powder into the boiling mixture and stir till it becomes a dough. Set aside to cool slightly.
(3) Beat in eggs and place choux paste into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
(4) Pipe out about 2 1/2 inches long and deep fry till golden brown.
(5) Drain and coat it with cinnamon sugar.

11 comments:

  1. Wow! These look great! Wish I could take a piece for tea!

    Thanks & regards.

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  2. Hi Lucy,

    I love this. Do you think you can teach me how to do this please?

    Warm regards,
    Wendy

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  3. Hi Wendy,

    It's just a choux paste. I used a star nozzle to pipe it out.

    rgds

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  4. hi Aunty Yochana,

    Do you fried this like donut?

    regards
    feifei

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  5. Hi feifei,

    Yes, I fried this like donut.

    rgds

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  6. Hi Lucy,

    Is it the same choux paste you use for cream puff? Thx.

    Wendy

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  7. Lucy,

    Thank you for the recipe. Will give it a try.

    Warm regards,
    Wendy

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  8. OH yummy CHURROS, my daughter loves this... she says, "when you feel down, go and get a churro".. she copied that from Disneyland vendor :)

    Thanks for the recipe

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  9. Yes yes mommy dearest.

    It's actually churros...my daughter loves it too. When we were in Korea, we ate them hot in the cold winter. They also have the chocolate version and it's so popular in Seoul.

    rgds

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  10. Aunty,

    Do you pipe it right into hot oil?

    Thanks and regards,
    Beatrice

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  11. hi Beatrice ,

    Yes I piped it straight into the hot oil.

    rgds

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