It’s Friday, January 4, 2019, and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
(online.recordnet.com/projects/churro/project.html)
Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision)
Churros are tube-shaped, cinnamon-sugar dusted, Spanish pastries. Sometimes they contain fruit-flavored or custard-like fillings. Kids and adults alike love these sweet confections.
At today’s website you can take a virtual tour of The Churro Factory in Stockton, California. Watch a video of the proprietor, Carlos Pino-Calderon, as he mixes the dough, loads it into cylinders, squeezes out the pastries, and deep-fries them until they are golden brown. Some are served plain, others are stuffed with scrumptious fillings. Pino-Calderon provides a brief narration.
WARNING: Watching this clip may result in uncontrollable cravings for churros. To remedy that problem, here are two recipes:
This is a recipe for authentic Spanish churros. In Spain, churros are traditionally made without cinnamon, and then dipped in thick, gooey, hot chocolate.
Rockin’ Robins: Scrumptious Churro Recipe
This recipe promises to knock your socks off and is made with cinnamon.
