Churros with Mexican Chocolate Sauce

Name: Churros with Mexican Chocolate Sauce
Ingredients: 2 cups, water; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons, sugar, plus ½ cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), divided; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 , large eggs; 2 quarts, vegetable oil; ¾ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1¼ cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), sugar; ⅔ cup, whole milk; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon, chipotle chile powder; ⅓ cup (1 ounces/28 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted; 3 ounces (85 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and chilled; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate

There's a lot to love about churros: These fluted pastries are fried until crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, at which point they're rolled in a cinnamon-sugar coating and served with a side of rich, warm chocolate sauce for dipping.

SERVES Makes 18 churros

TIME 1½ hours

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