Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup flour
• 3  large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• cooking spray

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Combine butter, salt and water in a saucepan. Melt butter over medium heat, and then bring mixture to a boil.
3. Remove saucepan from stove. Add flour, and stir with a spoon.
4. Place this mixture in a large mixing bowl. Crack one egg into the flour-butter mixture.
5. Blend on low speed with an electric mixer until the dough looks moist. Add the remaining eggs, one at a time, and mix on low speed after each addition.
6. Add vanilla, and mix one more time on low speed. The dough should have the consistency of mashed potatoes.
7. Screw a large star tip on the narrow end of a pastry bag used for cake decorating. Spoon dough from the bowl into the pastry bag.
8. Spray a cookie sheet with a light coating of cooking spray. Squeeze 8-inch lengths of dough, spaced 1 inch apart, onto the cookie sheet.
9. Bake the 10 churros in the oven 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Determine if each churro is done by poking a toothpick into the dough; the churro is done cooking if the toothpick comes out clean.
10. Spray each churro with a light layer of cooking spray. Place each pastry, one at a time, into a plastic container made for refrigerator storage.
11. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle this mixture onto each churro in the plastic container.
12. Cover the container. Shake it for a few seconds to spread the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the surface of each pastry.
13. Enjoy warm. Refrigerate any leftovers, and reheat each churro for 10 seconds in the microwave.