Funnel Cake Waffles

Cuando era niña ( when I was a little girl)... I looked forward to hot summer días....In those days when I was so young that I really didn't have a good grasp of time....but I knew  during the last few days in July when those days got fry an egg on the sidewalk hot...it was just about time. 

It was in that time every summer that something wonderful would come to my little quiet pueblito!....The county fair...and it was filled with all things that young dreams were made of!...Spinning rides that would tickle me from the inside. Colorful stands filled with gigante stuffed animals that if won would barely fit in your bedroom let alone your car!

But for me the most anticipated stand that this young foodie couldn't wait to arrive at...was the funnel cake stand.  It was the only sweet I would ever pick at the carnival. I could easily pass up the sticky candy apples and even turn my nose up at the pink fluffy bag of cotton candy...but the funnel cake for me was impossible for me to resist!  A soft but crispy swirly cake showered with a cloud of snow inspired sugar!

Everything about it for me was just PERFECTO! Until the moment  I tasted these Funnel Cake Waffles...seriously no joke...these have everything I loved about my last blissful moments at the county fair....rolled far from the fair  grounds right onto my breakfast plate. 

There are simply no other words for these waffles except AMAZING! I feel like the "Fair Gods" have inspired me and made the little niña in me Muy Contenta!  Very Happy!

 Ingredients 

1 teaspoon salt                                                                                                                                 

4 teaspoons baking powder2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups of flour                                                                 2 eggs1 1/2 cups warm milk                                 
1/3 cup butter, melted                                                
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  

For the funnel cake topping-
1 cup of powdered sugar

1/2 cup of melted butter

                                                               Directions                            

        1. Preheat waffle iron. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar; set aside.  Also at this time you can pour your powdered sugar for the funnel cake topping onto a large plate and set it aside. 

      2.In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the milk, butter and vanilla. Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture.

       3. Melt the 1/2 cup of butter used to pour over waffles and place in bowl large enough to dip your waffles in. Next generously spray your waffle iron with no stick cooking spray. Than ladle the batter into a preheated waffle iron. Cook the waffles until golden and crisp. Once fully cooked immediately dip each side of the waffle in melted butter and than dip each buttered side into your funnel cake topping.

4. Serve immediately, Enjoy!

Starbucks Hot Chocolate Doughnuts

Coffee or Café! (oh how Spanish make everything sound so much more interesting  !)...

has never been on my list of favorites.   Actually it has never been on my list at all, not really sure what all the hype is about?! 

Yes, I get the fact that coffee is said to offer a quick jumpstart for those less than peppy mañanas  ( mornings) but the bitter taste is a Grande turn off to me.

So when the winter days get cold and I need a piping hot pick me up before I head out into the winter wonderland...I like to make myself a great big dark and rich mug filled to the brim with hot chocolate!

How could one turn down a warm and soothing drinkable chocolate bar sprinkled with clouds of fluffy marshmallow. It's seriously Heaven in a mug...with no signs of its bitter cousin  for miles and miles! 

One of my favorite take home hot chocolates comes ironically from a coffee making giant....Starbucks!

 On one of those particulary cold winter  days..

sitting at my kitchen table with.a steaming mug of Starbucks hot chocolate in one hand and a local doughnut shops old fashioned donut in the other...I had a delicious ephiany! A Starbucks Hot Chocolate Doughnut....and with that thought a dulce (sweet) idea was born !

Vamos a La Cocina

Ingredients

Grands Biscuits
1 cup of Starbucks Hot Chocolate
1/4 cup of Powdered Sugar
1 cup of chocolate chips (Guittard Choc Chips are my favorite!)
Kraft or any brand of mini marshmallows



Directions

1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until temperature registers 350°F. (Oil should be 1- to 1 1/2 inches deep). Open your biscuits and flatten them out into even rounds and thickness.

2. In a medium bowl mix your Starbucks Hot Chocolate and powdered sugar; set aside

3.Cut holes into the center of your doughnut, I like to use the opposite end of a pastry tip.  You can also use a small circle cookie cutter.

4. Add doughnuts to hot oil, cook on each side about 30 secs or until bottoms are golden brown (be sure to watch them carefully because they cook quickly), fry on each side and transfer onto a paper towel.

5.Once all doughnuts are prepared immediately dip each doughnut into the hot chocolate powdered sugar mix coating each side evenly. Set aside on paper towel or a piece of waxed paper.

6. Melt your chocolate chips in microwave for 30 sec intervals stirring at each interval until melted and smooth.

7. Using a icing spatula or knife spread melted chocolate on each doughnut and sprinkle with mini marshmallows.

Now it's time to sit back on a cold winter day with a warm handful of Starbucks Hot Chocolate Love....Doughnut Style!

Sweet Churro Funnel Cake

Funnel Cake & Churros in my opinion ( or at least in my brainchild) go together like Peanut Butter & Jelly.

They are both enjoyed during outdoor events , the sugary sweet smell of each one wafting in the air are ridiculous!

The instant the sweet smell hit's your nose you have one desire......to find the Señor or Señorita selling them and get one into your belly instantamente! 

Well guess what? 

With this recipe there is no need to hop in your car, or leave your warm casa at all.

There will be no need to pay super loca carnival or amusement park prices to feed your need for hot crispy bites of sugary goodness.

Nope!

I have provided you the recipe for everything you need to become your very own in house professional funnel cake infused Churro maker!

Seriously, these are so good that your familia and amigos will insist that you purchase a food truck name it "ChurroTastic"! And take all your sugary magic on the road!

                                                                     Ingredients
adapted from Paula Deen's recipe

 

2 cups milk

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) melted butter

Powdered Sugar & Cinnamon mixed, for sugar sprinkle

1 box of Tres Estrellas- Churro Mix

 

P.S, You will only need to use about 1/2 cup of the Churro Mix, but muy pronto(very soon) I will be posting a new recipe to use up all that leftover mix! 

 

Vamos a La Cocina!

                                                                     Directions

 

1. Prepare Tres Estrellas Churro Mix and set aside;

 

2. Now for the funnel cake,combine milk, egg, vanilla in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar and gradually add to wet ingredients.

 

3.Beat with a mixer until a smooth batter forms. Fold in melted butter. Add in 1/2 cup premade Churro batter, mix until well incorporated. Pour batter into a funnel or squeeze bottle while using your index finger to stop the flow of the batter.

 

4.Bring the funnel over the hot oil and release your finger to start a stream of batter while moving the funnel in a circular motion to create circular swirls, I actually tried to make mine into the letter "C" for Churro. Go slowly to make sure that you don't break the flow of the batter. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown and slightly puffed. Sprinkle with cinnamon infused powdered sugar.